Egd Ultrasound fine needle bx/aspir 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

$2,234.01

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.

$5,095.00

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.

$483.61 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 $483.61 ↓ -78%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $917.10 ↓ -59%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,278.85 ↓ -43%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,457.17 ↓ -35%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $1,787.21 ↓ -20%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,200.46 ↓ -2%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,234.01 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,234.01 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,234.01 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $2,234.01 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,234.01 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,234.01 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,345.71 ↑ +5%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,728.00 ↑ +22%
HORIZON OMNIA $3,336.72 ↑ +49%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $3,548.00 ↑ +59%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $3,566.50 ↑ +60%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $3,821.25 ↑ +71%
HORIZON PIP $3,821.25 ↑ +71%
CIGNA BH $4,076.00 ↑ +82%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $4,330.75 ↑ +94%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $4,330.75 ↑ +94%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $4,330.75 ↑ +94%
QUALCARE HMO $4,493.79 ↑ +101%
QUALCARE PPO $4,534.55 ↑ +103%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $4,534.55 ↑ +103%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $4,585.50 ↑ +105%
CIGNA PPO $4,633.39 ↑ +107%
CIGNA HMO $4,633.39 ↑ +107%
HORIZON HMO $4,852.48 ↑ +117%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $4,877.44 ↑ +118%
HORIZON SHP $4,908.52 ↑ +120%
HORIZON PPO $4,968.64 ↑ +122%
HORIZON FEDERAL $4,968.64 ↑ +122%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $7,146.00 ↑ +220%
AETNA ASA $7,773.00 ↑ +248%
AETNA PPO $7,773.00 ↑ +248%
AETNA HMO $7,773.00 ↑ +248%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,013.00 ↑ +259%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $8,568.00 ↑ +284%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,904.00 ↑ +299%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +652%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Egd Ultrasound fine needle bx/aspir at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $2,099.70 $2,099.70 – $2,519.64
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $2,073.18 $469.49 – $2,487.82
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $2,101.52 $346.00 – $2,101.52
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $2,099.70 $469.49 – $2,519.64
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Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $2,101.52 $483.61 – $2,521.83
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $2,099.70 $469.49 – $2,519.64
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $2,073.18 $469.49 – $2,487.82

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