Close tear system fistula 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

$2,747.43

Cash price

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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.

$6,105.00

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.

$1,098.90 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 $1,098.90 ↓ -60%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,342.90 ↓ -51%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,532.36 ↓ -44%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,746.03 ↓ -36%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $2,197.95 ↓ -20%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,702.32 ↓ -2%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,728.00 ↓ -1%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,747.43 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,747.43 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,747.43 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,747.43 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,747.43 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $2,747.43 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,884.81 ↑ +5%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $3,548.00 ↑ +29%
HORIZON OMNIA $3,998.16 ↑ +46%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $4,273.50 ↑ +56%
HORIZON PIP $4,578.75 ↑ +67%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $4,578.75 ↑ +67%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $4,721.00 ↑ +72%
CIGNA BH $4,884.00 ↑ +78%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $5,189.25 ↑ +89%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $5,189.25 ↑ +89%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $5,189.25 ↑ +89%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,433.45 ↑ +98%
QUALCARE PPO $5,433.45 ↑ +98%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $5,494.50 ↑ +100%
CIGNA HMO $5,551.89 ↑ +102%
CIGNA PPO $5,551.89 ↑ +102%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $5,606.00 ↑ +104%
HORIZON HMO $5,814.40 ↑ +112%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $5,844.32 ↑ +113%
HORIZON SHP $5,881.56 ↑ +114%
HORIZON FEDERAL $5,953.60 ↑ +117%
HORIZON PPO $5,953.60 ↑ +117%
QUALCARE HMO $7,712.00 ↑ +181%
AETNA ASA $7,773.00 ↑ +183%
AETNA PPO $7,773.00 ↑ +183%
AETNA HMO $7,773.00 ↑ +183%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,013.00 ↑ +192%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,904.00 ↑ +224%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +512%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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