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Wrist X-ray at Hackensack University Medical Center
30 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1457456279
$103.69
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.
$523.00
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.
$24.53 with HORIZON vs $510.03 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 | $24.53 | ↓ -76% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $57.83 | ↓ -44% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $57.83 | ↓ -44% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $80.31 | ↓ -23% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MANAGED MEDICAID | $82.95 | ↓ -20% |
| AETNA | PPO | $91.95 | ↓ -11% |
| AETNA | ASA | $91.95 | ↓ -11% |
| AETNA | HMO | $91.95 | ↓ -11% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $94.14 | ↓ -9% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $103.69 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $103.69 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $103.69 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $103.69 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $103.69 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $103.69 | ↑ +0% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $105.08 | ↑ +1% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $108.88 | ↑ +5% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $112.34 | ↑ +8% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $112.34 | ↑ +8% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $131.27 | ↑ +27% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $149.58 | ↑ +44% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $250.18 | ↑ +141% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $261.50 | ↑ +152% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $342.51 | ↑ +230% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $360.14 | ↑ +247% |
| INTERGROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $366.10 | ↑ +253% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $392.25 | ↑ +278% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $392.25 | ↑ +278% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $413.17 | ↑ +298% |
| LHP HEALTH | ALL PRODUCTS | $413.17 | ↑ +298% |
| CIGNA | BH | $418.40 | ↑ +304% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $444.55 | ↑ +329% |
| CHN | ALL PRODUCTS | $444.55 | ↑ +329% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $444.55 | ↑ +329% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $461.29 | ↑ +345% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $461.29 | ↑ +345% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $461.29 | ↑ +345% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $498.11 | ↑ +380% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $500.67 | ↑ +383% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $503.86 | ↑ +386% |
| HORIZON | FEDERAL | $510.03 | ↑ +392% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $510.03 | ↑ +392% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Wrist X-ray at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrier Clinic | Belle Mead | $240.00 | $87.00 – $87.00 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $97.46 | $39.24 – $510.00 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $96.23 | $39.24 – $480.00 |