Magnetic image bone marrow 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

$284.66

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.

$3,630.00

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.

$185.15 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.

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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 $185.15 ↓ -35%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $227.73 ↓ -20%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $283.37 ↓ -0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $284.66 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $284.66 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $284.66 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $284.66 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $284.66 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $284.66 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $298.90 ↑ +5%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $632.19 ↑ +122%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $653.40 ↑ +130%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $711.68 ↑ +150%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $711.68 ↑ +150%
CIGNA PPO $783.03 ↑ +175%
CIGNA HMO $783.03 ↑ +175%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $911.13 ↑ +220%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,030.92 ↑ +262%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,030.92 ↑ +262%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,038.18 ↑ +265%
AETNA ASA $1,070.72 ↑ +276%
AETNA PPO $1,070.72 ↑ +276%
AETNA HMO $1,070.72 ↑ +276%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $1,570.61 ↑ +452%
HORIZON OMNIA $2,377.29 ↑ +735%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $2,499.62 ↑ +778%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,541.00 ↑ +793%
HORIZON PIP $2,722.50 ↑ +856%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $2,867.70 ↑ +907%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $2,867.70 ↑ +907%
CIGNA BH $2,904.00 ↑ +920%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $3,085.50 ↑ +984%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $3,085.50 ↑ +984%
QUALCARE HMO $3,201.66 ↑ +1025%
QUALCARE PPO $3,201.66 ↑ +1025%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $3,201.66 ↑ +1025%
HORIZON HMO $3,457.21 ↑ +1115%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $3,475.00 ↑ +1121%
HORIZON SHP $3,497.14 ↑ +1129%
HORIZON PPO $3,539.98 ↑ +1144%
HORIZON FEDERAL $3,539.98 ↑ +1144%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $4,332.00 ↑ +1422%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $267.55 $267.55 – $4,332.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $264.17 $241.72 – $4,332.00
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