X-ray ribs w/posterior anterior chest 3 views left at Hackensack University Medical Center
30 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1457456279
$125.23
Cash price 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.
$547.00
Gross charge 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.
$40.88 with HORIZON vs $533.43 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $40.88 | ↓ -67% |
| AETNA | PPO | $78.45 | ↓ -37% |
| AETNA | HMO | $78.45 | ↓ -37% |
| AETNA | ASA | $78.45 | ↓ -37% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $81.67 | ↓ -35% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $91.73 | ↓ -27% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $91.73 | ↓ -27% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $98.46 | ↓ -21% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MANAGED MEDICAID | $100.19 | ↓ -20% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $102.67 | ↓ -18% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $102.67 | ↓ -18% |
| 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 | $137.30 | ↑ +10% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $156.44 | ↑ +25% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $273.50 | ↑ +118% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $336.99 | ↑ +169% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $358.23 | ↑ +186% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $376.66 | ↑ +201% |
| INTERGROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $382.90 | ↑ +206% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $410.25 | ↑ +228% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $410.25 | ↑ +228% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $432.13 | ↑ +245% |
| LHP HEALTH | ALL PRODUCTS | $432.13 | ↑ +245% |
| CIGNA | BH | $437.60 | ↑ +249% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $464.95 | ↑ +271% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $464.95 | ↑ +271% |
| CHN | ALL PRODUCTS | $464.95 | ↑ +271% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $482.45 | ↑ +285% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $482.45 | ↑ +285% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $482.45 | ↑ +285% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $520.96 | ↑ +316% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $523.64 | ↑ +318% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $526.98 | ↑ +321% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $533.43 | ↑ +326% |
| HORIZON | FEDERAL | $533.43 | ↑ +326% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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