Mr spectroscopy 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.

$2,056.00

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.

$82.95 with OPTUM HEALTH 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
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $82.95 ↓ -20%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.69 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.69 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $103.69 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $103.69 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.69 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.69 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $105.08 ↑ +1%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $108.88 ↑ +5%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $250.18 ↑ +141%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $250.18 ↑ +141%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $370.08 ↑ +257%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $416.28 ↑ +301%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $516.06 ↑ +398%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $588.02 ↑ +467%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $947.17 ↑ +813%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $947.17 ↑ +813%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,069.47 ↑ +931%
AETNA ASA $1,296.91 ↑ +1151%
AETNA HMO $1,296.91 ↑ +1151%
AETNA PPO $1,296.91 ↑ +1151%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,346.47 ↑ +1199%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $1,415.76 ↑ +1265%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,439.20 ↑ +1288%
HORIZON PIP $1,542.00 ↑ +1387%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $1,570.61 ↑ +1415%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $1,624.24 ↑ +1466%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,624.24 ↑ +1466%
CIGNA BH $1,644.80 ↑ +1486%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,747.60 ↑ +1585%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,747.60 ↑ +1585%
QUALCARE PPO $1,813.39 ↑ +1649%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,813.39 ↑ +1649%
QUALCARE HMO $1,813.39 ↑ +1649%
HORIZON HMO $1,958.13 ↑ +1788%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,968.21 ↑ +1798%
HORIZON SHP $1,980.75 ↑ +1810%
CIGNA PPO $1,989.18 ↑ +1818%
CIGNA HMO $1,989.18 ↑ +1818%
HORIZON FEDERAL $2,005.01 ↑ +1834%
HORIZON PPO $2,005.01 ↑ +1834%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $4,332.00 ↑ +4078%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $588.25 $96.23 – $896.25
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $425.28 $98.79 – $2,072.00
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Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $685.71 $97.46 – $2,072.00
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