X-ray exam entire spi 4/5 vw 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.

$523.00

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.

$55.93 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.

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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 $55.93 ↓ -55%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $94.14 ↓ -25%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $97.71 ↓ -22%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $97.71 ↓ -22%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $100.19 ↓ -20%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.23 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.23 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.23 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.23 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $125.23 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $125.23 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $127.14 ↑ +2%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $131.27 ↑ +5%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $131.49 ↑ +5%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $149.58 ↑ +19%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $154.14 ↑ +23%
AETNA ASA $173.01 ↑ +38%
AETNA PPO $173.01 ↑ +38%
AETNA HMO $173.01 ↑ +38%
CIGNA HMO $217.63 ↑ +74%
CIGNA PPO $217.63 ↑ +74%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $261.50 ↑ +109%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $336.99 ↑ +169%
HORIZON OMNIA $342.51 ↑ +174%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $360.14 ↑ +188%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $366.10 ↑ +192%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $392.25 ↑ +213%
HORIZON PIP $392.25 ↑ +213%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $413.17 ↑ +230%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $413.17 ↑ +230%
CIGNA BH $418.40 ↑ +234%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $444.55 ↑ +255%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $444.55 ↑ +255%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $444.55 ↑ +255%
QUALCARE HMO $461.29 ↑ +268%
QUALCARE PPO $461.29 ↑ +268%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $461.29 ↑ +268%
HORIZON HMO $498.11 ↑ +298%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $500.67 ↑ +300%
HORIZON SHP $503.86 ↑ +302%
HORIZON FEDERAL $510.03 ↑ +307%
HORIZON PPO $510.03 ↑ +307%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $162.54 $41.39 – $324.60
Community Medical Center Toms River $179.60 $61.70 – $324.60
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $234.00 $37.62 – $655.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $199.55 $42.61 – $324.60
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $179.95 $53.57 – $324.60
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $189.48 $61.70 – $324.60
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $117.70 $93.10 – $295.04
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $116.22 $93.10 – $222.08

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