Myelography thoracic spine 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.
$3,164.00
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.
$83.26 with HORIZON vs $3,164.00 with AMERIHEALTH — 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 | $83.26 | ↓ -91% |
| AETNA | PPO | $179.15 | ↓ -81% |
| AETNA | ASA | $179.15 | ↓ -81% |
| AETNA | HMO | $179.15 | ↓ -81% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $206.29 | ↓ -78% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $251.52 | ↓ -73% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $251.52 | ↓ -73% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $569.52 | ↓ -39% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MANAGED MEDICAID | $744.34 | ↓ -20% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $794.16 | ↓ -15% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $904.90 | ↓ -3% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $925.92 | ↓ -0% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $930.42 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $930.42 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $930.42 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $930.42 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $930.42 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $930.42 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $976.94 | ↑ +5% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,582.00 | ↑ +70% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $2,072.10 | ↑ +123% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $2,178.73 | ↑ +134% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $2,211.69 | ↑ +138% |
| INTERGROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,214.80 | ↑ +138% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $2,373.00 | ↑ +155% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,373.00 | ↑ +155% |
| LHP HEALTH | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,499.56 | ↑ +169% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,499.56 | ↑ +169% |
| CIGNA | BH | $2,531.20 | ↑ +172% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,689.40 | ↑ +189% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,689.40 | ↑ +189% |
| CHN | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,689.40 | ↑ +189% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $2,790.65 | ↑ +200% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $2,790.65 | ↑ +200% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $2,790.65 | ↑ +200% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $3,013.39 | ↑ +224% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $3,028.90 | ↑ +226% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $3,048.20 | ↑ +228% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $3,085.53 | ↑ +232% |
| HORIZON | FEDERAL | $3,085.53 | ↑ +232% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $3,164.00 | ↑ +240% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $3,164.00 | ↑ +240% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Myelography thoracic spine at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $307.82 | $55.72 – $1,726.88 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $432.48 | $91.84 – $1,772.76 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $340.13 | $91.84 – $1,718.25 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $356.82 | $91.84 – $1,763.90 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $425.14 | $57.36 – $1,772.76 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $358.83 | $91.84 – $1,740.24 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $874.49 | $145.55 – $1,936.35 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $863.44 | $145.55 – $863.44 |