Bx breast 1st lesion strtctc 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

$1,908.09

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.

$7,700.00

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.

$336.10 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 $336.10 ↓ -82%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,386.00 ↓ -27%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $1,526.47 ↓ -20%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,874.89 ↓ -2%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,908.09 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,908.09 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,908.09 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,908.09 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,908.09 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,908.09 ↑ +0%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,932.70 ↑ +1%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,003.50 ↑ +5%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,202.20 ↑ +15%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $3,548.00 ↑ +86%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $3,811.50 ↑ +100%
HORIZON OMNIA $5,042.73 ↑ +164%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $5,390.00 ↑ +182%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $5,556.32 ↑ +191%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $5,657.19 ↑ +196%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $5,775.00 ↑ +203%
HORIZON PIP $5,775.00 ↑ +203%
CIGNA BH $6,160.00 ↑ +223%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $6,545.00 ↑ +243%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $6,545.00 ↑ +243%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $6,545.00 ↑ +243%
QUALCARE HMO $6,791.40 ↑ +256%
QUALCARE PPO $6,791.40 ↑ +256%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $6,791.40 ↑ +256%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $6,930.00 ↑ +263%
HORIZON HMO $7,333.48 ↑ +284%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $7,371.21 ↑ +286%
HORIZON SHP $7,418.18 ↑ +289%
CIGNA HMO $7,449.75 ↑ +290%
CIGNA PPO $7,449.75 ↑ +290%
HORIZON FEDERAL $7,509.04 ↑ +294%
HORIZON PPO $7,509.04 ↑ +294%
AETNA HMO $7,773.00 ↑ +307%
AETNA ASA $7,773.00 ↑ +307%
AETNA PPO $7,773.00 ↑ +307%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,013.00 ↑ +320%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,904.00 ↑ +367%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +781%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Bx breast 1st lesion strtctc at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $1,793.38 $1,793.38 – $2,152.05
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $1,770.73 $327.24 – $2,847.29
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $1,794.93 $336.10 – $2,847.29
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $1,793.38 $327.24 – $2,152.05
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $1,908.09 $336.10 – $2,079.82
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $1,794.93 $336.10 – $3,154.84
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $1,793.38 $327.24 – $2,152.05
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $1,770.73 $327.24 – $2,124.87

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