Tc-99m exametazime diag 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

$802.34

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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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$9,448.00

Gross charge

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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.

$641.87 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $9,213.69 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

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 $641.87 ↓ -20%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $802.34 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $802.34 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $802.34 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $802.34 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $802.34 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $802.34 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $842.46 ↑ +5%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,700.64 ↑ +112%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $2,371.45 ↑ +196%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,702.13 ↑ +237%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,796.61 ↑ +249%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,869.69 ↑ +258%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $4,362.14 ↑ +444%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $4,845.88 ↑ +504%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $5,338.12 ↑ +565%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $5,338.12 ↑ +565%
HORIZON OMNIA $6,187.50 ↑ +671%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $6,505.89 ↑ +711%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $6,613.60 ↑ +724%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $7,086.00 ↑ +783%
HORIZON PIP $7,086.00 ↑ +783%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $7,463.92 ↑ +830%
CIGNA BH $7,558.40 ↑ +842%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $8,030.80 ↑ +901%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $8,030.80 ↑ +901%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $8,030.80 ↑ +901%
QUALCARE PPO $8,333.14 ↑ +939%
QUALCARE HMO $8,333.14 ↑ +939%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $8,333.14 ↑ +939%
AETNA ASA $8,408.72 ↑ +948%
AETNA HMO $8,408.72 ↑ +948%
AETNA PPO $8,408.72 ↑ +948%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $8,503.20 ↑ +960%
HORIZON HMO $8,998.28 ↑ +1022%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $9,044.57 ↑ +1027%
HORIZON SHP $9,102.20 ↑ +1034%
CIGNA PPO $9,140.94 ↑ +1039%
CIGNA HMO $9,140.94 ↑ +1039%
HORIZON PPO $9,213.69 ↑ +1048%
HORIZON FEDERAL $9,213.69 ↑ +1048%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Tc-99m exametazime diag at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $802.34 $802.34 – $962.81
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $802.34 $0.01 – $2,810.36
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $802.34 $0.01 – $2,869.69
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $802.34 $802.34 – $2,810.36
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $802.34 $802.34 – $2,869.69
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $802.34 $802.34 – $2,869.69
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $802.34 $802.34 – $2,810.36
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $802.34 $802.34 – $2,810.36

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