Compre oph exam est pt 1/> 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

$151.77

Cash price

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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.

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

$312.00

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.

$56.16 with CLOVER vs $18,693.00 with AETNA — 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 $56.16 ↓ -63%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $78.31 ↓ -48%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $89.23 ↓ -41%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $121.41 ↓ -20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $127.25 ↓ -16%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $151.77 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $151.77 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $151.77 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $151.77 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $151.77 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $151.77 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $152.87 ↑ +1%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $159.35 ↑ +5%
HORIZON OMNIA $204.33 ↑ +35%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $218.40 ↑ +44%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $225.14 ↑ +48%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $229.23 ↑ +51%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $234.00 ↑ +54%
HORIZON PIP $234.00 ↑ +54%
CIGNA BH $249.60 ↑ +64%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $255.84 ↑ +69%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $265.20 ↑ +75%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $265.20 ↑ +75%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $265.20 ↑ +75%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $277.68 ↑ +83%
QUALCARE PPO $277.68 ↑ +83%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $280.80 ↑ +85%
CIGNA PPO $283.73 ↑ +87%
CIGNA HMO $283.73 ↑ +87%
HORIZON HMO $297.15 ↑ +96%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $298.68 ↑ +97%
HORIZON SHP $300.58 ↑ +98%
HORIZON PPO $304.26 ↑ +100%
HORIZON FEDERAL $304.26 ↑ +100%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,728.00 ↑ +1697%
QUALCARE HMO $7,712.00 ↑ +4981%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,013.00 ↑ +5180%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,904.00 ↑ +5767%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +10971%
AETNA PPO $18,693.00 ↑ +12217%
AETNA HMO $18,693.00 ↑ +12217%
AETNA ASA $18,693.00 ↑ +12217%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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