X-ray knee ap standing bilateral 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

$103.69

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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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$593.00

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.

$38.34 with HORIZON vs $578.29 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 $38.34 ↓ -63%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $53.84 ↓ -48%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $53.84 ↓ -48%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $77.74 ↓ -25%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $82.95 ↓ -20%
AETNA ASA $93.17 ↓ -10%
AETNA HMO $93.17 ↓ -10%
AETNA PPO $93.17 ↓ -10%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $103.69 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.69 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.69 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.69 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $103.69 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.69 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $105.08 ↑ +1%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $106.74 ↑ +3%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $108.88 ↑ +5%
CIGNA PPO $113.56 ↑ +10%
CIGNA HMO $113.56 ↑ +10%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $148.84 ↑ +44%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $169.60 ↑ +64%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $250.18 ↑ +141%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $296.50 ↑ +186%
HORIZON OMNIA $388.36 ↑ +275%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $408.34 ↑ +294%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $415.10 ↑ +300%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $444.75 ↑ +329%
HORIZON PIP $444.75 ↑ +329%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $468.47 ↑ +352%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $468.47 ↑ +352%
CIGNA BH $474.40 ↑ +358%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $504.05 ↑ +386%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $504.05 ↑ +386%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $504.05 ↑ +386%
QUALCARE HMO $523.03 ↑ +404%
QUALCARE PPO $523.03 ↑ +404%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $523.03 ↑ +404%
HORIZON HMO $564.77 ↑ +445%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $567.68 ↑ +447%
HORIZON SHP $571.30 ↑ +451%
HORIZON PPO $578.29 ↑ +458%
HORIZON FEDERAL $578.29 ↑ +458%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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X-ray knee ap standing bilateral at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $83.71 $20.89 – $192.46
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $94.50 $37.76 – $197.58
Community Medical Center Toms River $92.50 $37.76 – $191.50
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $72.20 $37.83 – $196.59
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $92.90 $21.50 – $197.58
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $92.67 $27.03 – $206.34
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $97.46 $36.37 – $219.04
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $96.23 $36.37 – $115.88

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