Abdominal paracentesis w/image guidance at Hackensack University Medical Center
30 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1457456279
$1,104.13
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.
$2,640.00
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.
$202.64 with HORIZON vs $16,802.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $202.64 | ↓ -82% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $220.05 | ↓ -80% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $475.20 | ↓ -57% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $662.64 | ↓ -40% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $755.04 | ↓ -32% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MANAGED MEDICAID | $883.30 | ↓ -20% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,048.28 | ↓ -5% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,104.13 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,104.13 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,104.13 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,104.13 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,104.13 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,104.13 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,159.33 | ↑ +5% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $1,728.94 | ↑ +57% |
| INTERGROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,848.00 | ↑ +67% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $1,905.02 | ↑ +73% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,939.61 | ↑ +76% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,980.00 | ↑ +79% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $1,980.00 | ↑ +79% |
| CIGNA | BH | $2,112.00 | ↑ +91% |
| LHP HEALTH | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,164.80 | ↑ +96% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,244.00 | ↑ +103% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,244.00 | ↑ +103% |
| CHN | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,244.00 | ↑ +103% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $2,328.48 | ↑ +111% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $2,328.48 | ↑ +111% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $2,328.48 | ↑ +111% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,376.00 | ↑ +115% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $2,514.34 | ↑ +128% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $2,527.27 | ↑ +129% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $2,543.38 | ↑ +130% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $2,554.20 | ↑ +131% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $2,554.20 | ↑ +131% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $2,574.53 | ↑ +133% |
| HORIZON | FEDERAL | $2,574.53 | ↑ +133% |
| AETNA | PPO | $7,773.00 | ↑ +604% |
| AETNA | ASA | $7,773.00 | ↑ +604% |
| AETNA | HMO | $7,773.00 | ↑ +604% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $8,013.00 | ↑ +626% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $8,904.00 | ↑ +706% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $16,802.00 | ↑ +1422% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $1,037.75 | $1,037.75 – $1,245.30 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $1,024.64 | $213.78 – $1,229.57 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $1,038.65 | $220.05 – $1,038.65 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $1,037.75 | $213.78 – $1,245.30 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $1,104.13 | $220.05 – $1,203.50 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $1,038.65 | $220.05 – $1,246.38 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $1,037.75 | $213.78 – $1,245.30 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $1,024.64 | $213.78 – $1,229.57 |