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Knee MRI (with contrast) at Hackensack University Medical Center
30 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1457456279
$930.42
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.
$4,235.00
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.
$506.96 with HORIZON vs $4,332.00 with BERGEN RISK — 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 |
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| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $506.96 | ↓ -46% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $625.49 | ↓ -33% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MANAGED MEDICAID | $744.34 | ↓ -20% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $762.30 | ↓ -18% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $769.88 | ↓ -17% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $769.88 | ↓ -17% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $925.92 | ↓ -0% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $930.42 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $930.42 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $930.42 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $930.42 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $930.42 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $930.42 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $976.94 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | PPO | $1,036.35 | ↑ +11% |
| AETNA | ASA | $1,036.35 | ↑ +11% |
| AETNA | HMO | $1,036.35 | ↑ +11% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,062.99 | ↑ +14% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $1,096.72 | ↑ +18% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $1,096.72 | ↑ +18% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,211.21 | ↑ +30% |
| CHN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,570.61 | ↑ +69% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $2,211.69 | ↑ +138% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,211.69 | ↑ +138% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $2,773.50 | ↑ +198% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $2,916.22 | ↑ +213% |
| INTERGROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,964.50 | ↑ +219% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $3,176.25 | ↑ +241% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,345.65 | ↑ +260% |
| LHP HEALTH | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,345.65 | ↑ +260% |
| CIGNA | BH | $3,388.00 | ↑ +264% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,599.75 | ↑ +287% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,599.75 | ↑ +287% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $3,735.27 | ↑ +301% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $3,735.27 | ↑ +301% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $3,735.27 | ↑ +301% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $4,033.41 | ↑ +334% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $4,054.17 | ↑ +336% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $4,080.00 | ↑ +339% |
| HORIZON | FEDERAL | $4,129.97 | ↑ +344% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $4,129.97 | ↑ +344% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,332.00 | ↑ +366% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Knee MRI (with contrast) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $863.44 | $594.30 – $4,332.00 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $874.49 | $766.70 – $4,332.00 |