Brachytx isodose complex 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

$431.11

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.

$4,224.00

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.

$229.78 with HORIZON vs $4,119.24 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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $229.78 ↓ -47%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $344.88 ↓ -20%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $427.29 ↓ -1%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $431.11 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $431.11 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $431.11 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $431.11 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $431.11 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $431.11 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $452.66 ↑ +5%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $760.32 ↑ +76%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $886.41 ↑ +106%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,060.22 ↑ +146%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,208.06 ↑ +180%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $2,073.56 ↑ +381%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $2,304.19 ↑ +434%
HORIZON OMNIA $2,766.30 ↑ +542%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $2,908.65 ↑ +575%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,956.80 ↑ +586%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $3,015.00 ↑ +599%
AETNA HMO $3,155.75 ↑ +632%
AETNA PPO $3,155.75 ↑ +632%
AETNA ASA $3,155.75 ↑ +632%
HORIZON PIP $3,168.00 ↑ +635%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $3,168.00 ↑ +635%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $3,250.00 ↑ +654%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $3,336.96 ↑ +674%
CIGNA BH $3,379.20 ↑ +684%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $3,590.40 ↑ +733%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $3,590.40 ↑ +733%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $3,590.40 ↑ +733%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $3,725.57 ↑ +764%
QUALCARE HMO $3,725.57 ↑ +764%
QUALCARE PPO $3,725.57 ↑ +764%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $3,801.60 ↑ +782%
HORIZON HMO $4,022.94 ↑ +833%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $4,043.64 ↑ +838%
HORIZON SHP $4,069.40 ↑ +844%
CIGNA PPO $4,086.72 ↑ +848%
CIGNA HMO $4,086.72 ↑ +848%
HORIZON PPO $4,119.24 ↑ +855%
HORIZON FEDERAL $4,119.24 ↑ +855%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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