X-ray ribs 3 views 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

$125.23

Cash price

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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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$693.00

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 $675.81 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%
AETNA PPO $82.13 ↓ -34%
AETNA HMO $82.13 ↓ -34%
AETNA ASA $82.13 ↓ -34%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $84.84 ↓ -32%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $85.74 ↓ -32%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $85.74 ↓ -32%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $100.19 ↓ -20%
CIGNA PPO $105.08 ↓ -16%
CIGNA HMO $105.08 ↓ -16%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $124.74 ↓ -0%
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%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $173.94 ↑ +39%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $198.20 ↑ +58%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $336.99 ↑ +169%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $346.50 ↑ +177%
HORIZON OMNIA $453.85 ↑ +262%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $477.20 ↑ +281%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $485.10 ↑ +287%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $519.75 ↑ +315%
HORIZON PIP $519.75 ↑ +315%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $547.47 ↑ +337%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $547.47 ↑ +337%
CIGNA BH $554.40 ↑ +343%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $589.05 ↑ +370%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $589.05 ↑ +370%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $589.05 ↑ +370%
QUALCARE HMO $611.23 ↑ +388%
QUALCARE PPO $611.23 ↑ +388%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $611.23 ↑ +388%
HORIZON HMO $660.01 ↑ +427%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $663.41 ↑ +430%
HORIZON SHP $667.64 ↑ +433%
HORIZON PPO $675.81 ↑ +440%
HORIZON FEDERAL $675.81 ↑ +440%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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X-ray ribs 3 views bilateral at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $118.62 $22.86 – $232.44
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $167.18 $32.80 – $238.62
Community Medical Center Toms River $131.07 $32.80 – $231.28
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $179.20 $32.80 – $237.43
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $164.34 $23.53 – $238.62
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $131.32 $29.58 – $249.21
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $138.28 $32.80 – $234.22
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $117.70 $58.94 – $295.04

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