Ultrasound chest at Hackensack University Medical Center
30 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1457456279
$125.23
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.
$880.00
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.
$52.03 with HORIZON vs $858.18 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.
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 | $52.03 | ↓ -58% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MANAGED MEDICAID | $100.19 | ↓ -20% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $108.49 | ↓ -13% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $125.23 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $125.23 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $125.23 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $125.23 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $125.23 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $125.23 | ↑ +0% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $127.14 | ↑ +2% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $131.49 | ↑ +5% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $137.75 | ↑ +10% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $137.75 | ↑ +10% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $155.54 | ↑ +24% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $155.54 | ↑ +24% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $158.40 | ↑ +26% |
| AETNA | PPO | $213.55 | ↑ +71% |
| AETNA | HMO | $213.55 | ↑ +71% |
| AETNA | ASA | $213.55 | ↑ +71% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $220.88 | ↑ +76% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $251.68 | ↑ +101% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $336.99 | ↑ +169% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $337.00 | ↑ +169% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $576.31 | ↑ +360% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $605.97 | ↑ +384% |
| INTERGROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $616.00 | ↑ +392% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $660.00 | ↑ +427% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $660.00 | ↑ +427% |
| LHP HEALTH | ALL PRODUCTS | $695.20 | ↑ +455% |
| CIGNA | BH | $704.00 | ↑ +462% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $748.00 | ↑ +497% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $748.00 | ↑ +497% |
| CHN | ALL PRODUCTS | $748.00 | ↑ +497% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $776.16 | ↑ +520% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $776.16 | ↑ +520% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $776.16 | ↑ +520% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $792.00 | ↑ +532% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $838.11 | ↑ +569% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $842.42 | ↑ +573% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $847.79 | ↑ +577% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $858.18 | ↑ +585% |
| HORIZON | FEDERAL | $858.18 | ↑ +585% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Ultrasound chest at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $154.66 | $29.39 – $251.30 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $208.29 | $57.40 – $238.62 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $170.89 | $57.40 – $231.28 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $81.54 | $57.40 – $237.43 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $204.75 | $30.25 – $238.62 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $171.22 | $38.03 – $249.21 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $180.29 | $57.40 – $234.22 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $117.70 | $98.19 – $295.04 |