Neck Soft Tissue CT Scan (with and without contrast) 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

$209.65

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.

$3,264.00

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.

$167.72 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $3,183.05 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
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $167.72 ↓ -20%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $209.65 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $209.65 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $209.65 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $209.65 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $209.65 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $209.65 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $212.47 ↑ +1%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $220.13 ↑ +5%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $260.17 ↑ +24%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $436.30 ↑ +108%
CIGNA HMO $450.69 ↑ +115%
CIGNA PPO $450.69 ↑ +115%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $552.17 ↑ +163%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $552.17 ↑ +163%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $587.52 ↑ +180%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $668.00 ↑ +219%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $668.00 ↑ +219%
AETNA PPO $708.56 ↑ +238%
AETNA HMO $708.56 ↑ +238%
AETNA ASA $708.56 ↑ +238%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $819.26 ↑ +291%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $933.50 ↑ +345%
HORIZON OMNIA $2,137.59 ↑ +920%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $2,247.59 ↑ +972%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,284.80 ↑ +990%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $2,426.69 ↑ +1057%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $2,448.00 ↑ +1068%
HORIZON PIP $2,448.00 ↑ +1068%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $2,578.56 ↑ +1130%
CIGNA BH $2,611.20 ↑ +1146%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,774.40 ↑ +1223%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $2,774.40 ↑ +1223%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $2,774.40 ↑ +1223%
QUALCARE HMO $2,878.85 ↑ +1273%
QUALCARE PPO $2,878.85 ↑ +1273%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,878.85 ↑ +1273%
HORIZON HMO $3,108.63 ↑ +1383%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $3,124.63 ↑ +1390%
HORIZON SHP $3,144.54 ↑ +1400%
HORIZON FEDERAL $3,183.05 ↑ +1418%
HORIZON PPO $3,183.05 ↑ +1418%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital —

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Neck Soft Tissue CT Scan (with and without contrast) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $580.93 $117.62 – $632.09
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $695.66 $199.72 – $726.00
Community Medical Center Toms River $641.90 $194.55 – $726.00
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $639.86 $199.72 – $726.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $683.84 $121.08 – $726.00
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $643.14 $152.21 – $704.00
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $677.18 $197.04 – $726.00
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $197.04 $197.04 – $1,762.00

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