X-ray esophogram chest radiograph(s) & delayed images single contrast study at Hackensack University Medical Center
30 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1457456279
$209.65
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.
$1,144.00
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.
$41.63 with HORIZON vs $1,115.63 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 | $41.63 | ↓ -80% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $133.60 | ↓ -36% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $133.60 | ↓ -36% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MANAGED MEDICAID | $167.72 | ↓ -20% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $187.95 | ↓ -10% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $205.92 | ↓ -2% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $209.65 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $209.65 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $209.65 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $209.65 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $209.65 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $209.65 | ↑ +0% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $212.47 | ↑ +1% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $220.13 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | ASA | $224.60 | ↑ +7% |
| AETNA | HMO | $224.60 | ↑ +7% |
| AETNA | PPO | $224.60 | ↑ +7% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $253.92 | ↑ +21% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $253.92 | ↑ +21% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $287.14 | ↑ +37% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $327.18 | ↑ +56% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $552.17 | ↑ +163% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $572.00 | ↑ +173% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $749.21 | ↑ +257% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $787.76 | ↑ +276% |
| INTERGROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $800.80 | ↑ +282% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $858.00 | ↑ +309% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $858.00 | ↑ +309% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $903.76 | ↑ +331% |
| LHP HEALTH | ALL PRODUCTS | $903.76 | ↑ +331% |
| CIGNA | BH | $915.20 | ↑ +337% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $972.40 | ↑ +364% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $972.40 | ↑ +364% |
| CHN | ALL PRODUCTS | $972.40 | ↑ +364% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $1,009.01 | ↑ +381% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $1,009.01 | ↑ +381% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $1,009.01 | ↑ +381% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $1,089.55 | ↑ +420% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $1,095.15 | ↑ +422% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $1,102.13 | ↑ +426% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $1,115.63 | ↑ +432% |
| HORIZON | FEDERAL | $1,115.63 | ↑ +432% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $205.34 | $50.60 – $389.10 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $190.92 | $45.92 – $399.44 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $226.89 | $45.92 – $387.15 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $177.81 | $45.92 – $397.44 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $187.67 | $45.92 – $399.44 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $227.33 | $45.92 – $417.20 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $239.36 | $45.92 – $392.11 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $197.04 | $89.00 – $483.42 |