X-ray ribs w/posterior anterior chest > 4 views bilateral 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.
$855.00
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.
$52.03 with HORIZON vs $833.80 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 | $52.03 | ↓ -58% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $97.71 | ↓ -22% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $97.71 | ↓ -22% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MANAGED MEDICAID | $100.19 | ↓ -20% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $101.66 | ↓ -19% |
| AETNA | HMO | $109.14 | ↓ -13% |
| AETNA | ASA | $109.14 | ↓ -13% |
| AETNA | PPO | $109.14 | ↓ -13% |
| 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% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $130.49 | ↑ +4% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $130.49 | ↑ +4% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $131.49 | ↑ +5% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $153.90 | ↑ +23% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $214.61 | ↑ +71% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $244.53 | ↑ +95% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $336.99 | ↑ +169% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $427.50 | ↑ +241% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $559.94 | ↑ +347% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $588.75 | ↑ +370% |
| INTERGROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $598.50 | ↑ +378% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $641.25 | ↑ +412% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $641.25 | ↑ +412% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $675.45 | ↑ +439% |
| LHP HEALTH | ALL PRODUCTS | $675.45 | ↑ +439% |
| CIGNA | BH | $684.00 | ↑ +446% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $726.75 | ↑ +480% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $726.75 | ↑ +480% |
| CHN | ALL PRODUCTS | $726.75 | ↑ +480% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $754.11 | ↑ +502% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $754.11 | ↑ +502% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $754.11 | ↑ +502% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $814.30 | ↑ +550% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $818.49 | ↑ +554% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $823.71 | ↑ +558% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $833.80 | ↑ +566% |
| HORIZON | FEDERAL | $833.80 | ↑ +566% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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| Carrier Clinic | Belle Mead | $321.20 | $116.44 – $116.44 |
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| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $176.51 | $57.40 – $238.62 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $172.76 | $57.40 – $231.28 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $202.08 | $57.40 – $237.43 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $173.51 | $28.18 – $238.62 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $173.09 | $35.43 – $249.21 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $182.26 | $57.40 – $234.22 |