X-ray lumbosacral spine complete including bending views >= 6 views 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

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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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$790.00

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.

$41.63 with HORIZON vs $770.41 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 $41.63 ↓ -67%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $100.19 ↓ -20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $118.87 ↓ -5%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $121.64 ↓ -3%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $121.64 ↓ -3%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.23 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.23 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $125.23 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $125.23 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.23 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.23 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $127.14 ↑ +2%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $131.49 ↑ +5%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $142.20 ↑ +14%
AETNA HMO $157.04 ↑ +25%
AETNA ASA $157.04 ↑ +25%
AETNA PPO $157.04 ↑ +25%
CIGNA PPO $166.81 ↑ +33%
CIGNA HMO $166.81 ↑ +33%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $198.29 ↑ +58%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $225.94 ↑ +80%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $336.99 ↑ +169%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $395.00 ↑ +215%
HORIZON OMNIA $517.37 ↑ +313%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $543.99 ↑ +334%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $553.00 ↑ +342%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $592.50 ↑ +373%
HORIZON PIP $592.50 ↑ +373%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $624.10 ↑ +398%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $624.10 ↑ +398%
CIGNA BH $632.00 ↑ +405%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $671.50 ↑ +436%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $671.50 ↑ +436%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $671.50 ↑ +436%
QUALCARE HMO $696.78 ↑ +456%
QUALCARE PPO $696.78 ↑ +456%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $696.78 ↑ +456%
HORIZON HMO $752.40 ↑ +501%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $756.27 ↑ +504%
HORIZON SHP $761.09 ↑ +508%
HORIZON FEDERAL $770.41 ↑ +515%
HORIZON PPO $770.41 ↑ +515%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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X-ray lumbosacral spine complete including bending views >= 6 views at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $159.92 $31.97 – $244.70
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $180.53 $45.92 – $244.70
Community Medical Center Toms River $176.70 $45.92 – $244.70
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $169.46 $45.92 – $244.70
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $234.00 $28.00 – $655.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $177.47 $32.91 – $244.70
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $177.04 $41.37 – $249.21
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $186.41 $45.92 – $244.70

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