Closed tx orbit w/manipulj 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

$1,744.44

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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$3,607.00

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.

$649.26 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 $649.26 ↓ -63%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $725.47 ↓ -58%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $905.36 ↓ -48%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,031.60 ↓ -41%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $1,395.56 ↓ -20%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,744.44 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,744.44 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,744.44 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,744.44 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,744.44 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,744.44 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,763.60 ↑ +1%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,831.67 ↑ +5%
HORIZON OMNIA $2,362.22 ↑ +35%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,524.90 ↑ +45%
HORIZON PIP $2,705.25 ↑ +55%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $2,705.25 ↑ +55%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,728.00 ↑ +56%
CIGNA BH $2,885.60 ↑ +65%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $2,957.74 ↑ +70%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $3,065.95 ↑ +76%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $3,065.95 ↑ +76%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $3,065.95 ↑ +76%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $3,210.23 ↑ +84%
QUALCARE PPO $3,210.23 ↑ +84%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $3,246.30 ↑ +86%
CIGNA PPO $3,280.21 ↑ +88%
CIGNA HMO $3,280.21 ↑ +88%
HORIZON HMO $3,435.31 ↑ +97%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $3,452.98 ↑ +98%
HORIZON SHP $3,474.98 ↑ +99%
HORIZON PPO $3,517.55 ↑ +102%
HORIZON FEDERAL $3,517.55 ↑ +102%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $7,146.00 ↑ +310%
QUALCARE HMO $7,712.00 ↑ +342%
AETNA ASA $7,773.00 ↑ +346%
AETNA PPO $7,773.00 ↑ +346%
AETNA HMO $7,773.00 ↑ +346%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,013.00 ↑ +359%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $8,568.00 ↑ +391%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,904.00 ↑ +410%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +863%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $1,639.57 $1,639.57 – $1,967.48
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $1,618.86 $697.79 – $1,942.63
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Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $1,639.57 $697.79 – $1,967.48
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Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $1,640.99 $725.47 – $1,969.19
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $1,639.57 $697.79 – $1,967.48
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $1,618.86 $697.79 – $1,942.63

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