X-ray exam si joints 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.

$385.00

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.

$29.73 with HORIZON vs $375.45 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 $29.73 ↓ -76%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $57.83 ↓ -54%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $57.83 ↓ -54%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $64.53 ↓ -48%
AETNA ASA $67.38 ↓ -46%
AETNA PPO $67.38 ↓ -46%
AETNA HMO $67.38 ↓ -46%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $69.30 ↓ -45%
CIGNA PPO $86.93 ↓ -31%
CIGNA HMO $86.93 ↓ -31%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $96.64 ↓ -23%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $100.19 ↓ -20%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $110.11 ↓ -12%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $125.23 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.23 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.23 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.23 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $125.23 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.23 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $127.14 ↑ +2%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $131.49 ↑ +5%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $192.50 ↑ +54%
HORIZON OMNIA $252.14 ↑ +101%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $265.11 ↑ +112%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $269.50 ↑ +115%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $288.75 ↑ +131%
HORIZON PIP $288.75 ↑ +131%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $304.15 ↑ +143%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $304.15 ↑ +143%
CIGNA BH $308.00 ↑ +146%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $327.25 ↑ +161%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $327.25 ↑ +161%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $327.25 ↑ +161%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $336.99 ↑ +169%
QUALCARE PPO $339.57 ↑ +171%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $339.57 ↑ +171%
QUALCARE HMO $339.57 ↑ +171%
HORIZON HMO $366.67 ↑ +193%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $368.56 ↑ +194%
HORIZON SHP $370.91 ↑ +196%
HORIZON PPO $375.45 ↑ +200%
HORIZON FEDERAL $375.45 ↑ +200%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $66.25 $17.36 – $232.44
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