Echo exam of fetal heart at Hackensack University Medical Center
30 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1457456279
$284.66
Cash price 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.
$1,401.00
Gross charge 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.
$79.54 with HORIZON vs $1,366.26 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $79.54 | ↓ -72% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $163.51 | ↓ -43% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $163.51 | ↓ -43% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MANAGED MEDICAID | $227.73 | ↓ -20% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $252.18 | ↓ -11% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $283.37 | ↓ -0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $284.66 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $284.66 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $284.66 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $284.66 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $284.66 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $284.66 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $298.90 | ↑ +5% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $303.54 | ↑ +7% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $351.65 | ↑ +24% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $400.69 | ↑ +41% |
| AETNA | PPO | $427.28 | ↑ +50% |
| AETNA | ASA | $427.28 | ↑ +50% |
| AETNA | HMO | $427.28 | ↑ +50% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $443.74 | ↑ +56% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $443.74 | ↑ +56% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $711.68 | ↑ +150% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $712.00 | ↑ +150% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $917.51 | ↑ +222% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $964.73 | ↑ +239% |
| INTERGROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $980.70 | ↑ +245% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,050.75 | ↑ +269% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $1,050.75 | ↑ +269% |
| LHP HEALTH | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,106.79 | ↑ +289% |
| CIGNA | BH | $1,120.80 | ↑ +294% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,190.85 | ↑ +318% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,190.85 | ↑ +318% |
| CHN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,190.85 | ↑ +318% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $1,235.68 | ↑ +334% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $1,235.68 | ↑ +334% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $1,235.68 | ↑ +334% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,260.90 | ↑ +343% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $1,334.31 | ↑ +369% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $1,341.18 | ↑ +371% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $1,349.72 | ↑ +374% |
| HORIZON | FEDERAL | $1,366.26 | ↑ +380% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $1,366.26 | ↑ +380% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Echo exam of fetal heart at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $267.55 | $53.92 – $623.08 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $264.17 | $53.92 – $623.08 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $267.78 | $145.85 – $659.90 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $267.55 | $53.92 – $707.07 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $284.66 | $87.74 – $623.08 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $267.78 | $53.92 – $623.08 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $267.55 | $53.92 – $623.08 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $264.17 | $53.92 – $452.81 |