Ecg external < 48 hours scanning analysis w/report at Hackensack University Medical Center
30 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1457456279
$69.95
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$1,925.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$55.96 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $5,218.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPTUM HEALTH | MANAGED MEDICAID | $55.96 | ↓ -20% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $64.94 | ↓ -7% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $69.95 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $69.95 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $69.95 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $69.95 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $69.95 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $69.95 | ↑ +0% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $70.74 | ↑ +1% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $73.45 | ↑ +5% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $346.50 | ↑ +395% |
| AETNA | PPO | $452.45 | ↑ +547% |
| AETNA | ASA | $452.45 | ↑ +547% |
| AETNA | HMO | $452.45 | ↑ +547% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $483.18 | ↑ +591% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $550.55 | ↑ +687% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $952.88 | ↑ +1262% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $1,260.68 | ↑ +1702% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $1,325.56 | ↑ +1795% |
| INTERGROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,347.50 | ↑ +1826% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,443.75 | ↑ +1964% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $1,443.75 | ↑ +1964% |
| LHP HEALTH | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,520.75 | ↑ +2074% |
| CIGNA | BH | $1,540.00 | ↑ +2102% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,636.25 | ↑ +2239% |
| CHN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,636.25 | ↑ +2239% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,636.25 | ↑ +2239% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $1,697.85 | ↑ +2327% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $1,697.85 | ↑ +2327% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $1,697.85 | ↑ +2327% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,732.50 | ↑ +2377% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $1,833.37 | ↑ +2521% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $1,842.80 | ↑ +2534% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $1,854.55 | ↑ +2551% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $1,862.44 | ↑ +2563% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $1,862.44 | ↑ +2563% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $1,877.26 | ↑ +2584% |
| HORIZON | FEDERAL | $1,877.26 | ↑ +2584% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $1,925.00 | ↑ +2652% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $1,925.00 | ↑ +2652% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,783.00 | ↑ +5308% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $5,218.00 | ↑ +7360% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Ecg external < 48 hours scanning analysis w/report at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $65.75 | $65.75 – $1,008.00 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $64.92 | $59.40 – $1,008.00 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $65.80 | $59.40 – $4,913.00 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $65.75 | $61.33 – $1,063.00 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $69.95 | $64.94 – $535.00 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $65.80 | $64.94 – $1,297.00 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $65.75 | $61.33 – $941.00 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $64.92 | $61.33 – $1,016.00 |