Echo transthoracic at Hackensack University Medical Center
30 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1457456279
$645.71
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.
$1,980.00
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.
$356.40 with CLOVER vs $5,399.00 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $356.40 | ↓ -45% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $392.01 | ↓ -39% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $496.98 | ↓ -23% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MANAGED MEDICAID | $516.57 | ↓ -20% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $566.28 | ↓ -12% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $637.97 | ↓ -1% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $645.71 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $645.71 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $645.71 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $645.71 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $645.71 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $645.71 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $678.00 | ↑ +5% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $980.10 | ↑ +52% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $1,296.70 | ↑ +101% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $1,363.43 | ↑ +111% |
| INTERGROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,386.00 | ↑ +115% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,485.00 | ↑ +130% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $1,485.00 | ↑ +130% |
| LHP HEALTH | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,564.20 | ↑ +142% |
| CIGNA | BH | $1,584.00 | ↑ +145% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,683.00 | ↑ +161% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,683.00 | ↑ +161% |
| CHN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,683.00 | ↑ +161% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $1,746.36 | ↑ +170% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $1,746.36 | ↑ +170% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $1,746.36 | ↑ +170% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,782.00 | ↑ +176% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $1,885.75 | ↑ +192% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $1,895.45 | ↑ +194% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $1,907.53 | ↑ +195% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $1,915.65 | ↑ +197% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $1,915.65 | ↑ +197% |
| HORIZON | FEDERAL | $1,930.90 | ↑ +199% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $1,930.90 | ↑ +199% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $1,980.00 | ↑ +207% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $1,980.00 | ↑ +207% |
| AETNA | HMO | $2,065.13 | ↑ +220% |
| AETNA | PPO | $2,065.13 | ↑ +220% |
| AETNA | ASA | $2,065.13 | ↑ +220% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $5,320.00 | ↑ +724% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $5,399.00 | ↑ +736% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Echo transthoracic at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $606.89 | $606.89 – $2,305.00 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $599.23 | $372.84 – $2,718.00 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $607.42 | $392.01 – $1,839.00 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $606.89 | $372.84 – $2,376.00 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $645.71 | $392.01 – $3,541.00 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $607.42 | $392.01 – $2,209.00 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $606.89 | $372.84 – $2,291.00 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $599.23 | $372.84 – $2,336.00 |