Change of windpipe airway 31502 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

$273.48

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$845.00

Gross charge

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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.

$73.26 with KARNA vs $16,802.00 with HORIZON — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $73.26 ↓ -73%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $152.10 ↓ -44%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $212.10 ↓ -22%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $218.78 ↓ -20%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $241.67 ↓ -12%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $273.48 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $273.48 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $273.48 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $273.48 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $273.48 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $273.48 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $282.47 ↑ +3%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $287.15 ↑ +5%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $418.28 ↑ +53%
HORIZON OMNIA $553.39 ↑ +102%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $591.50 ↑ +116%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $609.75 ↑ +123%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $620.82 ↑ +127%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $633.75 ↑ +132%
HORIZON PIP $633.75 ↑ +132%
CIGNA BH $676.00 ↑ +147%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $692.90 ↑ +153%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $718.25 ↑ +163%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $718.25 ↑ +163%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $718.25 ↑ +163%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $745.29 ↑ +173%
QUALCARE HMO $745.29 ↑ +173%
QUALCARE PPO $745.29 ↑ +173%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $760.50 ↑ +178%
HORIZON HMO $804.78 ↑ +194%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $808.92 ↑ +196%
HORIZON SHP $814.07 ↑ +198%
CIGNA PPO $817.54 ↑ +199%
CIGNA HMO $817.54 ↑ +199%
HORIZON PPO $824.04 ↑ +201%
HORIZON FEDERAL $824.04 ↑ +201%
AETNA PPO $7,773.00 ↑ +2742%
AETNA ASA $7,773.00 ↑ +2742%
AETNA HMO $7,773.00 ↑ +2742%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,013.00 ↑ +2830%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,904.00 ↑ +3156%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +6044%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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