Radiation physics consult 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

$156.36

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.

$1,690.00

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.

$78.29 with HORIZON vs $3,250.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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 $78.29 ↓ -50%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $125.09 ↓ -20%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $156.36 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $156.36 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $156.36 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $156.36 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $156.36 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $156.36 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $156.91 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $164.18 ↑ +5%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $174.84 ↑ +12%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $304.20 ↑ +95%
CIGNA HMO $342.96 ↑ +119%
CIGNA PPO $342.96 ↑ +119%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $424.19 ↑ +171%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $483.34 ↑ +209%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $829.62 ↑ +431%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $921.90 ↑ +490%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $969.87 ↑ +520%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,106.78 ↑ +608%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $1,163.73 ↑ +644%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,183.00 ↑ +657%
AETNA HMO $1,262.60 ↑ +707%
AETNA ASA $1,262.60 ↑ +707%
AETNA PPO $1,262.60 ↑ +707%
HORIZON PIP $1,267.50 ↑ +711%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,267.50 ↑ +711%
CIGNA BH $1,352.00 ↑ +765%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $1,436.50 ↑ +819%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,436.50 ↑ +819%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,436.50 ↑ +819%
QUALCARE HMO $1,490.58 ↑ +853%
QUALCARE PPO $1,490.58 ↑ +853%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,490.58 ↑ +853%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,521.00 ↑ +873%
HORIZON HMO $1,609.56 ↑ +929%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,617.84 ↑ +935%
HORIZON SHP $1,628.15 ↑ +941%
HORIZON PPO $1,648.09 ↑ +954%
HORIZON FEDERAL $1,648.09 ↑ +954%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $3,015.00 ↑ +1828%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $3,250.00 ↑ +1979%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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