Mr elastography at Hackensack University Medical Center
30 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1457456279
$284.66
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.
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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.
$157.68 with HORIZON vs $711.68 with OXFORD — 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 | $157.68 | ↓ -45% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $190.30 | ↓ -33% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $190.30 | ↓ -33% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MANAGED MEDICAID | $227.73 | ↓ -20% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $283.37 | ↓ -0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $284.66 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $284.66 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $284.66 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $284.66 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $284.66 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $284.66 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $298.90 | ↑ +5% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $400.17 | ↑ +41% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $483.38 | ↑ +70% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $483.38 | ↑ +70% |
| AETNA | ASA | $625.82 | ↑ +120% |
| AETNA | PPO | $625.82 | ↑ +120% |
| AETNA | HMO | $625.82 | ↑ +120% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $711.68 | ↑ +150% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $711.68 | ↑ +150% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Mr elastography at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $339.35 | $133.47 – $2,072.00 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $267.55 | $189.83 – $559.79 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $264.17 | $189.83 – $559.79 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $267.78 | $169.75 – $594.31 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $267.55 | $186.55 – $707.07 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $284.66 | $173.94 – $559.79 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $267.78 | $189.83 – $559.79 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $267.55 | $189.83 – $559.79 |