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Hand X-ray 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

$103.69

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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$605.00

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.

$24.53 with HORIZON vs $590.00 with HORIZON — 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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $24.53 ↓ -76%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $57.83 ↓ -44%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $57.83 ↓ -44%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $72.42 ↓ -30%
AETNA PPO $75.99 ↓ -27%
AETNA ASA $75.99 ↓ -27%
AETNA HMO $75.99 ↓ -27%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $82.95 ↓ -20%
CIGNA PPO $97.84 ↓ -6%
CIGNA HMO $97.84 ↓ -6%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.69 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.69 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.69 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.69 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $103.69 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $103.69 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $105.08 ↑ +1%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $108.88 ↑ +5%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $108.90 ↑ +5%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $151.86 ↑ +46%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $173.03 ↑ +67%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $250.18 ↑ +141%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $302.50 ↑ +192%
HORIZON OMNIA $396.21 ↑ +282%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $416.60 ↑ +302%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $423.50 ↑ +308%
HORIZON PIP $453.75 ↑ +338%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $453.75 ↑ +338%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $477.95 ↑ +361%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $477.95 ↑ +361%
CIGNA BH $484.00 ↑ +367%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $514.25 ↑ +396%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $514.25 ↑ +396%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $514.25 ↑ +396%
QUALCARE HMO $533.61 ↑ +415%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $533.61 ↑ +415%
QUALCARE PPO $533.61 ↑ +415%
HORIZON HMO $576.20 ↑ +456%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $579.17 ↑ +459%
HORIZON SHP $582.86 ↑ +462%
HORIZON FEDERAL $590.00 ↑ +469%
HORIZON PPO $590.00 ↑ +469%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Carrier Clinic Belle Mead $220.00 $79.75 – $79.75
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $97.46 $39.24 – $467.50
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