Bx prst8 ndl sat sampling 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

$4,061.71

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.

$5,849.00

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.

$800.44 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 $800.44 ↓ -80%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,052.82 ↓ -74%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,468.10 ↓ -64%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,672.81 ↓ -59%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,728.00 ↓ -33%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $3,249.37 ↓ -20%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $3,548.00 ↓ -13%
HORIZON OMNIA $3,830.51 ↓ -6%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,031.47 ↓ -1%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,061.71 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,061.71 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,061.71 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,061.71 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $4,061.71 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $4,061.71 ↑ +0%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $4,094.30 ↑ +1%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,264.80 ↑ +5%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $4,386.75 ↑ +8%
HORIZON PIP $4,386.75 ↑ +8%
CIGNA BH $4,679.20 ↑ +15%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $4,971.65 ↑ +22%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $4,971.65 ↑ +22%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $4,971.65 ↑ +22%
QUALCARE PPO $5,205.61 ↑ +28%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,205.61 ↑ +28%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $5,264.10 ↑ +30%
CIGNA PPO $5,319.08 ↑ +31%
CIGNA HMO $5,319.08 ↑ +31%
HORIZON HMO $5,570.59 ↑ +37%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $5,599.25 ↑ +38%
HORIZON SHP $5,634.93 ↑ +39%
HORIZON FEDERAL $5,703.94 ↑ +40%
HORIZON PPO $5,703.94 ↑ +40%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $7,146.00 ↑ +76%
QUALCARE HMO $7,712.00 ↑ +90%
AETNA HMO $7,773.00 ↑ +91%
AETNA ASA $7,773.00 ↑ +91%
AETNA PPO $7,773.00 ↑ +91%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,013.00 ↑ +97%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $8,568.00 ↑ +111%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,904.00 ↑ +119%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +314%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Bx prst8 ndl sat sampling at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $3,817.53 $3,817.53 – $4,581.03
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $3,769.31 $775.32 – $4,523.17
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $3,820.84 $800.44 – $3,820.84
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $3,817.53 $775.32 – $4,581.03
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $4,061.71 $800.44 – $4,427.27
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $3,820.84 $800.44 – $4,585.01
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $3,817.53 $775.32 – $4,581.03
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $3,769.31 $775.32 – $4,523.17

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