Ecg external >7 days up to 15 days recording 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

$46.22

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.

$185.00

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.

$21.80 with KARNA vs $5,218.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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 $21.80 ↓ -53%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $33.30 ↓ -28%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $36.98 ↓ -20%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $46.22 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $46.22 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $46.22 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $46.22 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $46.22 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $46.22 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $46.38 ↑ +0%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $46.44 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $48.53 ↑ +5%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $52.91 ↑ +14%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $91.58 ↑ +98%
HORIZON OMNIA $121.16 ↑ +162%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $127.39 ↑ +176%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $129.50 ↑ +180%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $138.75 ↑ +200%
HORIZON PIP $138.75 ↑ +200%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $146.15 ↑ +216%
CIGNA BH $148.00 ↑ +220%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $157.25 ↑ +240%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $157.25 ↑ +240%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $157.25 ↑ +240%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $163.17 ↑ +253%
QUALCARE HMO $163.17 ↑ +253%
QUALCARE PPO $163.17 ↑ +253%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $166.50 ↑ +260%
HORIZON HMO $176.19 ↑ +281%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $177.10 ↑ +283%
HORIZON SHP $178.23 ↑ +286%
CIGNA PPO $178.99 ↑ +287%
CIGNA HMO $178.99 ↑ +287%
HORIZON FEDERAL $180.41 ↑ +290%
HORIZON PPO $180.41 ↑ +290%
AETNA HMO $183.02 ↑ +296%
AETNA PPO $183.02 ↑ +296%
AETNA ASA $183.02 ↑ +296%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $185.00 ↑ +300%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $185.00 ↑ +300%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $3,783.00 ↑ +8085%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $5,218.00 ↑ +11189%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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