Clearance of airways 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

$239.52

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$506.00

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.

$91.08 with CLOVER 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $91.08 ↓ -62%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $99.96 ↓ -58%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $127.01 ↓ -47%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $144.72 ↓ -40%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $191.62 ↓ -20%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $239.52 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $239.52 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $239.52 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $239.52 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $239.52 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $239.52 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $246.65 ↑ +3%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $251.50 ↑ +5%
HORIZON OMNIA $331.38 ↑ +38%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $354.20 ↑ +48%
HORIZON PIP $379.50 ↑ +58%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $379.50 ↑ +58%
CIGNA BH $404.80 ↑ +69%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $414.92 ↑ +73%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $430.10 ↑ +80%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $430.10 ↑ +80%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $430.10 ↑ +80%
QUALCARE PPO $450.34 ↑ +88%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $450.34 ↑ +88%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $455.40 ↑ +90%
CIGNA PPO $460.16 ↑ +92%
CIGNA HMO $460.16 ↑ +92%
HORIZON HMO $481.91 ↑ +101%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $484.39 ↑ +102%
HORIZON SHP $487.48 ↑ +104%
HORIZON FEDERAL $493.45 ↑ +106%
HORIZON PPO $493.45 ↑ +106%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,728.00 ↑ +1039%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $3,205.00 ↑ +1238%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $3,756.00 ↑ +1468%
QUALCARE HMO $7,712.00 ↑ +3120%
AETNA ASA $7,773.00 ↑ +3145%
AETNA PPO $7,773.00 ↑ +3145%
AETNA HMO $7,773.00 ↑ +3145%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,013.00 ↑ +3245%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,904.00 ↑ +3617%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +6915%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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