Ercp w/specimen collection 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

$4,480.44

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.

$7,251.00

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.

$670.88 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 $670.88 ↓ -85%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,305.18 ↓ -71%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,820.00 ↓ -59%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,073.79 ↓ -54%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,728.00 ↓ -39%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $3,548.00 ↓ -21%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $3,584.35 ↓ -20%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,428.82 ↓ -1%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,480.44 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $4,480.44 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $4,480.44 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,480.44 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,480.44 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,480.44 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,704.46 ↑ +5%
HORIZON OMNIA $4,748.68 ↑ +6%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $5,075.70 ↑ +13%
HORIZON PIP $5,438.25 ↑ +21%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $5,438.25 ↑ +21%
CIGNA BH $5,800.80 ↑ +29%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $6,163.35 ↑ +38%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $6,163.35 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $6,163.35 ↑ +38%
QUALCARE HMO $6,395.38 ↑ +43%
QUALCARE PPO $6,453.39 ↑ +44%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $6,453.39 ↑ +44%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $6,525.90 ↑ +46%
CIGNA HMO $6,594.06 ↑ +47%
CIGNA PPO $6,594.06 ↑ +47%
HORIZON HMO $6,905.85 ↑ +54%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $6,941.38 ↑ +55%
HORIZON SHP $6,985.61 ↑ +56%
HORIZON FEDERAL $7,071.18 ↑ +58%
HORIZON PPO $7,071.18 ↑ +58%
AETNA PPO $7,773.00 ↑ +73%
AETNA ASA $7,773.00 ↑ +73%
AETNA HMO $7,773.00 ↑ +73%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,013.00 ↑ +79%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,904.00 ↑ +99%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $9,571.00 ↑ +114%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $11,528.00 ↑ +157%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +275%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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