Ablation cryo thigh/knee 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

$282.50

Cash price

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$1,097.00

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.

$197.46 with CLOVER 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.

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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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $197.46 ↓ -30%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $226.00 ↓ -20%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $272.71 ↓ -3%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $275.35 ↓ -3%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $282.50 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $282.50 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $282.50 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $282.50 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $282.50 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $282.50 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $296.62 ↑ +5%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $313.74 ↑ +11%
HORIZON OMNIA $718.43 ↑ +154%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $767.90 ↑ +172%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $822.75 ↑ +191%
HORIZON PIP $822.75 ↑ +191%
CIGNA BH $877.60 ↑ +211%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $899.54 ↑ +218%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $932.45 ↑ +230%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $932.45 ↑ +230%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $932.45 ↑ +230%
QUALCARE PPO $976.33 ↑ +246%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $976.33 ↑ +246%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $987.30 ↑ +249%
CIGNA PPO $997.61 ↑ +253%
CIGNA HMO $997.61 ↑ +253%
HORIZON HMO $1,044.78 ↑ +270%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,050.16 ↑ +272%
HORIZON SHP $1,056.85 ↑ +274%
HORIZON PPO $1,069.79 ↑ +279%
HORIZON FEDERAL $1,069.79 ↑ +279%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,728.00 ↑ +866%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $3,205.00 ↑ +1035%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $3,756.00 ↑ +1230%
QUALCARE HMO $7,712.00 ↑ +2630%
AETNA ASA $7,773.00 ↑ +2652%
AETNA PPO $7,773.00 ↑ +2652%
AETNA HMO $7,773.00 ↑ +2652%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,013.00 ↑ +2736%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,904.00 ↑ +3052%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +5848%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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