X-ray skull > 4 views complete 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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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.

$688.00

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.

$40.88 with HORIZON vs $670.94 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 $40.88 ↓ -67%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $86.21 ↓ -31%
AETNA HMO $96.85 ↓ -23%
AETNA PPO $96.85 ↓ -23%
AETNA ASA $96.85 ↓ -23%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $99.70 ↓ -20%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $99.70 ↓ -20%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $100.19 ↓ -20%
CIGNA HMO $109.94 ↓ -12%
CIGNA PPO $109.94 ↓ -12%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $123.84 ↓ -1%
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%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $172.69 ↑ +38%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $196.77 ↑ +57%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $336.99 ↑ +169%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $344.00 ↑ +175%
HORIZON OMNIA $450.57 ↑ +260%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $473.76 ↑ +278%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $481.60 ↑ +285%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $516.00 ↑ +312%
HORIZON PIP $516.00 ↑ +312%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $543.52 ↑ +334%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $543.52 ↑ +334%
CIGNA BH $550.40 ↑ +340%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $584.80 ↑ +367%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $584.80 ↑ +367%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $584.80 ↑ +367%
QUALCARE HMO $606.82 ↑ +385%
QUALCARE PPO $606.82 ↑ +385%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $606.82 ↑ +385%
HORIZON HMO $655.25 ↑ +423%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $658.62 ↑ +426%
HORIZON SHP $662.82 ↑ +429%
HORIZON FEDERAL $670.94 ↑ +436%
HORIZON PPO $670.94 ↑ +436%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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X-ray skull > 4 views complete at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $117.68 $23.22 – $232.44
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $167.18 $45.10 – $238.62
Community Medical Center Toms River $130.03 $45.10 – $231.28
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $156.13 $45.10 – $237.43
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $154.50 $27.50 – $655.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $164.34 $23.90 – $238.62
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $130.29 $30.04 – $249.21
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $117.70 $67.43 – $295.04

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