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Abdominal Ultrasound (limited) 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.
$1,020.00
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.
$65.41 with HORIZON vs $994.70 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 | $65.41 | ↓ -48% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MANAGED MEDICAID | $100.19 | ↓ -20% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $125.23 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $125.23 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $125.23 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $125.23 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $125.23 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $125.23 | ↑ +0% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $127.14 | ↑ +2% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $131.49 | ↑ +5% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $165.51 | ↑ +32% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $165.51 | ↑ +32% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $167.64 | ↑ +34% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $183.60 | ↑ +47% |
| AETNA | PPO | $216.02 | ↑ +72% |
| AETNA | ASA | $216.02 | ↑ +72% |
| AETNA | HMO | $216.02 | ↑ +72% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $221.25 | ↑ +77% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $221.25 | ↑ +77% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $256.02 | ↑ +104% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $291.72 | ↑ +133% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $336.99 | ↑ +169% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $337.00 | ↑ +169% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $668.00 | ↑ +433% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $702.37 | ↑ +461% |
| INTERGROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $714.00 | ↑ +470% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $765.00 | ↑ +511% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $765.00 | ↑ +511% |
| LHP HEALTH | ALL PRODUCTS | $805.80 | ↑ +543% |
| CIGNA | BH | $816.00 | ↑ +552% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $867.00 | ↑ +592% |
| CHN | ALL PRODUCTS | $867.00 | ↑ +592% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $867.00 | ↑ +592% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $899.64 | ↑ +618% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $899.64 | ↑ +618% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $899.64 | ↑ +618% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $918.00 | ↑ +633% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $971.45 | ↑ +676% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $976.45 | ↑ +680% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $982.67 | ↑ +685% |
| HORIZON | FEDERAL | $994.70 | ↑ +694% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $994.70 | ↑ +694% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Abdominal Ultrasound (limited) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $117.70 | $106.67 – $896.40 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $116.22 | $106.34 – $896.40 |