Brach/thor cath 3rd 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

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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.

$5,922.00

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.

$682.12 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 $682.12
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,065.96
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $1,302.84
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,486.42
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,693.69
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,752.91
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,728.00
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $3,205.00
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $3,548.00
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $3,756.00
HORIZON OMNIA $3,878.32
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $4,145.40
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $4,441.50
HORIZON PIP $4,441.50
CIGNA BH $4,737.60
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $5,033.70
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $5,033.70
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $5,033.70
QUALCARE PPO $5,270.58
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,270.58
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $5,329.80
CIGNA HMO $5,385.47
CIGNA PPO $5,385.47
HORIZON HMO $5,640.11
HORIZON INDEMNITY $5,669.13
HORIZON SHP $5,705.25
HORIZON PPO $5,775.13
HORIZON FEDERAL $5,775.13
QUALCARE HMO $7,712.00
AETNA ASA $7,773.00
AETNA HMO $7,773.00
AETNA PPO $7,773.00
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,013.00
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,904.00
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Brach/thor cath 3rd at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel not published not published
Ocean University Medical Center Brick not published $668.04 – $668.04
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison not published $682.12 – $682.12
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City not published $668.04 – $668.04
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen not published $682.12 – $682.12
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy not published $682.12 – $682.12
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank not published $668.04 – $668.04
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin not published $668.04 – $668.04

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