Ultrasound elastography parenchyma 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.
$770.00
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.
$71.72 with HORIZON vs $750.90 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 | $71.72 | ↓ -43% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $92.85 | ↓ -26% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $92.85 | ↓ -26% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MANAGED MEDICAID | $100.19 | ↓ -20% |
| 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% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $125.23 | ↑ +0% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $127.14 | ↑ +2% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $131.49 | ↑ +5% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $138.60 | ↑ +11% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $193.27 | ↑ +54% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $201.82 | ↑ +61% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $220.22 | ↑ +76% |
| AETNA | HMO | $269.66 | ↑ +115% |
| AETNA | ASA | $269.66 | ↑ +115% |
| AETNA | PPO | $269.66 | ↑ +115% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $278.14 | ↑ +122% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $278.14 | ↑ +122% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $336.99 | ↑ +169% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $337.00 | ↑ +169% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $504.27 | ↑ +303% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $530.22 | ↑ +323% |
| INTERGROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $539.00 | ↑ +330% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $577.50 | ↑ +361% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $577.50 | ↑ +361% |
| LHP HEALTH | ALL PRODUCTS | $608.30 | ↑ +386% |
| CIGNA | BH | $616.00 | ↑ +392% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $654.50 | ↑ +423% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $654.50 | ↑ +423% |
| CHN | ALL PRODUCTS | $654.50 | ↑ +423% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $679.14 | ↑ +442% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $679.14 | ↑ +442% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $679.14 | ↑ +442% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $693.00 | ↑ +453% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $733.35 | ↑ +486% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $737.12 | ↑ +489% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $741.82 | ↑ +492% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $750.90 | ↑ +500% |
| HORIZON | FEDERAL | $750.90 | ↑ +500% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Ultrasound elastography parenchyma at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $124.63 | $54.30 – $397.55 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $137.71 | $65.12 – $397.55 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $196.01 | $55.90 – $397.55 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $137.97 | $65.12 – $397.55 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $145.28 | $65.12 – $397.55 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $117.70 | $92.62 – $295.04 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $116.22 | $92.62 – $295.04 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $117.81 | $82.82 – $312.47 |