App high cost ss f/n/g/h/f >100sq cm 1st 100sq cm 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

$2,154.21

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.

$4,463.00

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.

$465.18 with KARNA 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $465.18 ↓ -78%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $803.34 ↓ -63%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,120.21 ↓ -48%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,276.42 ↓ -41%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $1,723.37 ↓ -20%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,108.87 ↓ -2%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,154.21 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,154.21 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,154.21 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $2,154.21 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,154.21 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,154.21 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,261.92 ↑ +5%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,728.00 ↑ +27%
HORIZON OMNIA $2,922.82 ↑ +36%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $3,124.10 ↑ +45%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $3,347.25 ↑ +55%
HORIZON PIP $3,347.25 ↑ +55%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $3,548.00 ↑ +65%
CIGNA BH $3,570.40 ↑ +66%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $3,793.55 ↑ +76%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $3,793.55 ↑ +76%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $3,793.55 ↑ +76%
QUALCARE PPO $3,972.07 ↑ +84%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $3,972.07 ↑ +84%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $4,016.70 ↑ +86%
CIGNA PPO $4,058.65 ↑ +88%
CIGNA HMO $4,058.65 ↑ +88%
HORIZON HMO $4,250.56 ↑ +97%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $4,272.43 ↑ +98%
HORIZON SHP $4,299.65 ↑ +100%
HORIZON PPO $4,352.32 ↑ +102%
HORIZON FEDERAL $4,352.32 ↑ +102%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $7,146.00 ↑ +232%
QUALCARE HMO $7,712.00 ↑ +258%
AETNA ASA $7,773.00 ↑ +261%
AETNA PPO $7,773.00 ↑ +261%
AETNA HMO $7,773.00 ↑ +261%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,013.00 ↑ +272%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $8,568.00 ↑ +298%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,904.00 ↑ +313%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +680%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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App high cost ss f/n/g/h/f >100sq cm 1st 100sq cm at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $2,024.70 $2,024.70 – $2,429.64
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $1,999.13 $453.18 – $2,398.95
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $2,026.46 $255.86 – $2,026.46
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $2,024.70 $453.18 – $2,429.64
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $2,154.21 $465.18 – $2,348.09
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $2,026.46 $465.18 – $2,431.75
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $2,024.70 $453.18 – $2,429.64
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $1,999.13 $453.18 – $2,398.95

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