Breast reconstruction 19357 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

$20,489.34

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.

$22,941.00

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.

$2,509.71 with KARNA vs $29,297.00 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 $2,509.71 ↓ -88%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,728.00 ↓ -87%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $3,548.00 ↓ -83%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,129.38 ↓ -80%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $5,047.02 ↓ -75%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $5,758.19 ↓ -72%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $6,561.13 ↓ -68%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,790.54 ↓ -67%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $7,057.81 ↓ -66%
QUALCARE HMO $7,712.00 ↓ -62%
AETNA PPO $7,773.00 ↓ -62%
AETNA HMO $7,773.00 ↓ -62%
AETNA ASA $7,773.00 ↓ -62%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,013.00 ↓ -61%
CIGNA HMO $8,357.00 ↓ -59%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $8,539.00 ↓ -58%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,904.00 ↓ -57%
CIGNA PPO $10,049.00 ↓ -51%
HORIZON OMNIA $12,826.00 ↓ -37%
QUALCARE PPO $14,850.00 ↓ -28%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $14,850.00 ↓ -28%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $15,603.00 ↓ -24%
HORIZON SHP $15,733.00 ↓ -23%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $16,058.70 ↓ -22%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↓ -18%
HORIZON PIP $17,205.75 ↓ -16%
CIGNA BH $18,352.80 ↓ -10%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $18,486.00 ↓ -10%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $18,625.00 ↓ -9%
HORIZON HMO $18,666.00 ↓ -9%
HORIZON FEDERAL $18,964.00 ↓ -7%
HORIZON PPO $18,964.00 ↓ -7%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $19,499.85 ↓ -5%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20,489.34 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20,489.34 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $20,489.34 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $20,489.34 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20,489.34 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20,489.34 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21,513.81 ↑ +5%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $21,696.00 ↑ +6%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $29,297.00 ↑ +43%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Breast reconstruction 19357 at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $19,257.54 $19,257.54 – $23,109.05
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $19,014.31 $2,421.77 – $25,103.18
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $19,274.24 $1,219.12 – $25,103.18
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $19,257.54 $2,421.77 – $23,109.05
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $20,489.34 $1,200.83 – $22,333.38
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $19,274.24 $1,523.90 – $23,129.09
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $19,257.54 $2,421.77 – $23,109.05
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $19,014.31 $2,421.77 – $22,817.17

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