Capsulotomy mpj ea joint (sep proc) 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

$3,821.05

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$6,529.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$726.79 with KARNA vs $16,802.00 with HORIZON — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $726.79 ↓ -81%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,175.22 ↓ -69%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,638.78 ↓ -57%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,867.29 ↓ -51%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,728.00 ↓ -29%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $3,056.84 ↓ -20%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $3,548.00 ↓ -7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,743.15 ↓ -2%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,821.05 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,821.05 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,821.05 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,821.05 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3,821.05 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,821.05 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,012.10 ↑ +5%
HORIZON OMNIA $4,275.84 ↑ +12%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $4,570.30 ↑ +20%
HORIZON PIP $4,896.75 ↑ +28%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $4,896.75 ↑ +28%
CIGNA BH $5,223.20 ↑ +37%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $5,549.65 ↑ +45%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $5,549.65 ↑ +45%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $5,549.65 ↑ +45%
QUALCARE PPO $5,810.81 ↑ +52%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,810.81 ↑ +52%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $5,876.10 ↑ +54%
CIGNA HMO $5,937.47 ↑ +55%
CIGNA PPO $5,937.47 ↑ +55%
HORIZON HMO $6,218.22 ↑ +63%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $6,250.21 ↑ +64%
HORIZON SHP $6,290.04 ↑ +65%
HORIZON FEDERAL $6,367.08 ↑ +67%
HORIZON PPO $6,367.08 ↑ +67%
QUALCARE HMO $7,712.00 ↑ +102%
AETNA PPO $7,773.00 ↑ +103%
AETNA ASA $7,773.00 ↑ +103%
AETNA HMO $7,773.00 ↑ +103%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,013.00 ↑ +110%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,904.00 ↑ +133%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $9,571.00 ↑ +150%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $11,528.00 ↑ +202%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +340%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Capsulotomy mpj ea joint (sep proc) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $3,591.33 $3,591.33 – $4,309.59
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $3,545.97 $700.93 – $4,255.16
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $3,594.44 $289.80 – $3,594.44
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $3,591.33 $700.93 – $4,309.59
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $3,821.05 $726.79 – $4,164.94
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $3,594.44 $726.79 – $4,313.33
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $3,591.33 $700.93 – $4,309.59
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $3,545.97 $700.93 – $4,255.16

All New-jersey hospitals for this procedure →