Augmentation cheek bone 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

$6,966.64

Cash price

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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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$12,000.00

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.

$1,607.91 with KARNA vs $22,263.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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 $1,607.91 ↓ -77%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,160.00 ↓ -69%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $2,640.00 ↓ -62%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,728.00 ↓ -61%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $3,012.00 ↓ -57%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $3,432.00 ↓ -51%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $3,548.00 ↓ -49%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,552.00 ↓ -49%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $6,966.64 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,966.64 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,966.64 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $6,966.64 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,966.64 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,966.64 ↑ +0%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $7,057.81 ↑ +1%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,314.97 ↑ +5%
QUALCARE HMO $7,712.00 ↑ +11%
AETNA PPO $7,773.00 ↑ +12%
AETNA HMO $7,773.00 ↑ +12%
AETNA ASA $7,773.00 ↑ +12%
HORIZON OMNIA $7,858.80 ↑ +13%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,013.00 ↑ +15%
CIGNA HMO $8,357.00 ↑ +20%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $8,400.00 ↑ +21%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $8,539.00 ↑ +23%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,904.00 ↑ +28%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $9,000.00 ↑ +29%
HORIZON PIP $9,000.00 ↑ +29%
CIGNA BH $9,600.00 ↑ +38%
CIGNA PPO $10,049.00 ↑ +44%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $10,200.00 ↑ +46%
QUALCARE PPO $10,680.00 ↑ +53%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $10,680.00 ↑ +53%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $10,800.00 ↑ +55%
HORIZON HMO $11,428.80 ↑ +64%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $11,487.60 ↑ +65%
HORIZON SHP $11,560.80 ↑ +66%
HORIZON PPO $11,702.40 ↑ +68%
HORIZON FEDERAL $11,702.40 ↑ +68%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +141%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $18,362.00 ↑ +164%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $22,263.00 ↑ +220%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $6,547.81 $6,547.81 – $7,857.37
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $6,465.11 $1,555.37 – $9,158.16
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