Bladder Catheter Insertion (simple) 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

$151.80

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.

$715.00

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.

$52.66 with KARNA vs $7,773.00 with AETNA — 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 $52.66 ↓ -65%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $121.44 ↓ -20%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $128.70 ↓ -15%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $147.72 ↓ -3%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $151.80 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $151.80 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $151.80 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $151.80 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $151.80 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $151.80 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $159.39 ↑ +5%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $179.47 ↑ +18%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $204.49 ↑ +35%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $500.50 ↑ +230%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $515.94 ↑ +240%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $525.31 ↑ +246%
HORIZON PIP $536.25 ↑ +253%
CIGNA BH $572.00 ↑ +277%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $607.75 ↑ +300%
QUALCARE PPO $630.63 ↑ +315%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $630.63 ↑ +315%
QUALCARE HMO $630.63 ↑ +315%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $809.00 ↑ +433%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $2,755.00 ↑ +1715%
AETNA PPO $7,773.00 ↑ +5021%
AETNA ASA $7,773.00 ↑ +5021%
AETNA HMO $7,773.00 ↑ +5021%
HORIZON SHP not published by hospital —
HORIZON PPO not published by hospital —
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
HORIZON OMNIA not published by hospital —
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital —
HORIZON INDEMNITY not published by hospital —
HORIZON HMO not published by hospital —
HORIZON FEDERAL not published by hospital —
CIGNA PPO not published by hospital —
CIGNA HMO not published by hospital —
CHN ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO not published by hospital —
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO not published by hospital —
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital —

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