Gastric emptying imag study 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

$473.22

Cash price

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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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$1,183.00

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.

$212.94 with CLOVER vs $1,230.94 with CIGNA — 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $212.94 ↓ -55%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $296.93 ↓ -37%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $315.88 ↓ -33%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $338.34 ↓ -29%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $378.58 ↓ -20%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $422.74 ↓ -11%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $422.74 ↓ -11%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $473.22 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $473.22 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $473.22 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $473.22 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $473.22 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $473.22 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $476.96 ↑ +1%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $496.88 ↑ +5%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $701.08 ↑ +48%
HORIZON OMNIA $774.75 ↑ +64%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $814.61 ↑ +72%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $828.10 ↑ +75%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $887.25 ↑ +87%
HORIZON PIP $887.25 ↑ +87%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $934.57 ↑ +97%
CIGNA BH $946.40 ↑ +100%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,005.55 ↑ +112%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,005.55 ↑ +112%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $1,005.55 ↑ +112%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,043.41 ↑ +120%
QUALCARE HMO $1,043.41 ↑ +120%
QUALCARE PPO $1,043.41 ↑ +120%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,064.70 ↑ +125%
HORIZON HMO $1,126.69 ↑ +138%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,132.49 ↑ +139%
HORIZON SHP $1,139.70 ↑ +141%
AETNA ASA $1,140.22 ↑ +141%
AETNA PPO $1,140.22 ↑ +141%
AETNA HMO $1,140.22 ↑ +141%
HORIZON PPO $1,153.66 ↑ +144%
HORIZON FEDERAL $1,153.66 ↑ +144%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,166.24 ↑ +146%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,166.24 ↑ +146%
CIGNA HMO $1,230.94 ↑ +160%
CIGNA PPO $1,230.94 ↑ +160%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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