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Cystoscopy (Bladder Scope) 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

$786.05

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.

$4,074.00

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.

$167.49 with KARNA 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $167.49 ↓ -79%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $628.84 ↓ -20%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $733.32 ↓ -7%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $786.05 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $786.05 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $786.05 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $786.05 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $786.05 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $786.05 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $789.96 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $825.36 ↑ +5%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,022.57 ↑ +30%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,165.16 ↑ +48%
HORIZON OMNIA $2,668.06 ↑ +239%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,728.00 ↑ +247%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,851.80 ↑ +263%
HORIZON PIP $3,055.50 ↑ +289%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $3,055.50 ↑ +289%
CIGNA BH $3,259.20 ↑ +315%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $3,340.68 ↑ +325%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $3,462.90 ↑ +341%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $3,462.90 ↑ +341%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $3,462.90 ↑ +341%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $3,625.86 ↑ +361%
QUALCARE PPO $3,625.86 ↑ +361%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $3,666.60 ↑ +366%
CIGNA PPO $3,704.90 ↑ +371%
CIGNA HMO $3,704.90 ↑ +371%
HORIZON HMO $3,880.08 ↑ +394%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $3,900.04 ↑ +396%
HORIZON SHP $3,924.89 ↑ +399%
HORIZON FEDERAL $3,972.96 ↑ +405%
HORIZON PPO $3,972.96 ↑ +405%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $4,721.00 ↑ +501%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $5,606.00 ↑ +613%
QUALCARE HMO $7,712.00 ↑ +881%
AETNA PPO $7,773.00 ↑ +889%
AETNA ASA $7,773.00 ↑ +889%
AETNA HMO $7,773.00 ↑ +889%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,013.00 ↑ +919%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,904.00 ↑ +1033%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +2038%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Cystoscopy (Bladder Scope) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $738.80 $738.80 – $15,984.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $729.46 $162.97 – $15,984.00

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