X-ray bone survey complete 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

$125.23

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.

$770.00

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.

$41.64 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.

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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 $41.64 ↓ -67%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $100.19 ↓ -20%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.23 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $125.23 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.23 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $125.23 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.23 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH 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%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $163.51 ↑ +31%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $163.51 ↑ +31%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $192.78 ↑ +54%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $193.27 ↑ +54%
AETNA PPO $207.41 ↑ +66%
AETNA ASA $207.41 ↑ +66%
AETNA HMO $207.41 ↑ +66%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $220.22 ↑ +76%
CIGNA PPO $253.92 ↑ +103%
CIGNA HMO $253.92 ↑ +103%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $336.99 ↑ +169%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $385.00 ↑ +207%
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%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $608.30 ↑ +386%
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%
HORIZON HMO $733.35 ↑ +486%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $737.12 ↑ +489%
HORIZON SHP $741.82 ↑ +492%
HORIZON FEDERAL $750.90 ↑ +500%
HORIZON PPO $750.90 ↑ +500%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $144.52 $51.88 – $906.02
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $145.99 $45.94 – $383.43
Community Medical Center Toms River $159.69 $45.94 – $383.43
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $202.48 $45.94 – $383.43
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $246.00 $28.01 – $655.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $143.51 $45.94 – $383.43
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $160.00 $45.94 – $383.43
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $168.47 $45.94 – $383.43

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