Liver imaging 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

$633.90

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.

$2,338.00

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.

$79.02 with HORIZON vs $2,280.02 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 $79.02 ↓ -88%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $231.31 ↓ -64%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $231.31 ↓ -64%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $345.18 ↓ -46%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $420.84 ↓ -34%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $507.12 ↓ -20%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $586.84 ↓ -7%
AETNA ASA $603.80 ↓ -5%
AETNA PPO $603.80 ↓ -5%
AETNA HMO $603.80 ↓ -5%
CIGNA HMO $605.50 ↓ -4%
CIGNA PPO $605.50 ↓ -4%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $625.05 ↓ -1%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $633.90 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $633.90 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $633.90 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $633.90 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $633.90 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $633.90 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $665.59 ↑ +5%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $668.67 ↑ +5%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,513.47 ↑ +139%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,513.47 ↑ +139%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,531.16 ↑ +142%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $1,609.95 ↑ +154%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,636.60 ↑ +158%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,753.50 ↑ +177%
HORIZON PIP $1,753.50 ↑ +177%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $1,847.02 ↑ +191%
CIGNA BH $1,870.40 ↑ +195%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,987.30 ↑ +214%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,987.30 ↑ +214%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $1,987.30 ↑ +214%
QUALCARE HMO $2,062.12 ↑ +225%
QUALCARE PPO $2,062.12 ↑ +225%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,062.12 ↑ +225%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $2,104.20 ↑ +232%
HORIZON HMO $2,226.71 ↑ +251%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $2,238.17 ↑ +253%
HORIZON SHP $2,252.43 ↑ +255%
HORIZON FEDERAL $2,280.02 ↑ +260%
HORIZON PPO $2,280.02 ↑ +260%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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