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Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) 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.
$4,021.00
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.
$349.12 with KARNA 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 |
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| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $349.12 | ↓ -46% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MANAGED MEDICAID | $516.57 | ↓ -20% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $555.12 | ↓ -14% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $637.97 | ↓ -1% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $645.71 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $645.71 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $645.71 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $645.71 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $645.71 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $645.71 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $678.00 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $774.08 | ↑ +20% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $882.02 | ↑ +37% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,526.58 | ↑ +136% |
| AETNA | PPO | $1,963.43 | ↑ +204% |
| AETNA | ASA | $1,963.43 | ↑ +204% |
| AETNA | HMO | $1,963.43 | ↑ +204% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $2,019.71 | ↑ +213% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $2,123.64 | ↑ +229% |
| INTERGROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,158.80 | ↑ +234% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $2,313.00 | ↑ +258% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,313.00 | ↑ +258% |
| LHP HEALTH | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,436.36 | ↑ +277% |
| CIGNA | BH | $2,467.20 | ↑ +282% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,621.40 | ↑ +306% |
| CHN | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,621.40 | ↑ +306% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,621.40 | ↑ +306% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $2,720.09 | ↑ +321% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $2,720.09 | ↑ +321% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $2,720.09 | ↑ +321% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,775.60 | ↑ +330% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $2,937.20 | ↑ +355% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $2,952.31 | ↑ +357% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $2,971.13 | ↑ +360% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $2,983.77 | ↑ +362% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $2,983.77 | ↑ +362% |
| HORIZON | FEDERAL | $3,007.52 | ↑ +366% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $3,007.52 | ↑ +366% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $3,084.00 | ↑ +378% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $3,084.00 | ↑ +378% |
| 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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Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $599.23 | $332.72 – $3,845.28 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $606.89 | $606.89 – $3,618.90 |