Emg 2 ext w-w/o paraspinal area 95861 at Hackensack University Medical Center

30 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1457456279

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Dec 31, 2025 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$151.80

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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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$1,681.00

Gross charge

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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.

$121.44 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $4,692.00 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $121.44 ↓ -20%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $147.72 ↓ -3%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $151.80 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $151.80 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $151.80 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $151.80 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $151.80 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $151.80 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $159.39 ↑ +5%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $281.23 ↑ +85%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $302.58 ↑ +99%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $421.93 ↑ +178%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $480.77 ↑ +217%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $832.10 ↑ +448%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,100.89 ↑ +625%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $1,157.54 ↑ +663%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,176.70 ↑ +675%
HORIZON PIP $1,260.75 ↑ +731%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,260.75 ↑ +731%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $1,327.99 ↑ +775%
CIGNA BH $1,344.80 ↑ +786%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,428.85 ↑ +841%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,428.85 ↑ +841%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $1,428.85 ↑ +841%
QUALCARE PPO $1,482.64 ↑ +877%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,482.64 ↑ +877%
QUALCARE HMO $1,482.64 ↑ +877%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,512.90 ↑ +897%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,562.00 ↑ +929%
AETNA ASA $1,600.31 ↑ +954%
AETNA PPO $1,600.31 ↑ +954%
AETNA HMO $1,600.31 ↑ +954%
HORIZON HMO $1,600.98 ↑ +955%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,609.22 ↑ +960%
HORIZON SHP $1,619.48 ↑ +967%
CIGNA PPO $1,626.37 ↑ +971%
CIGNA HMO $1,626.37 ↑ +971%
HORIZON FEDERAL $1,639.31 ↑ +980%
HORIZON PPO $1,639.31 ↑ +980%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,681.00 ↑ +1007%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,681.00 ↑ +1007%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $4,692.00 ↑ +2991%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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