Esophagoscop ultrasound exam at Hackensack University Medical Center
30 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1457456279
$2,234.01
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.
$4,777.00
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.
$328.36 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $328.36 | ↓ -85% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $859.86 | ↓ -62% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,199.03 | ↓ -46% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,366.22 | ↓ -39% |
| 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 | $3,128.46 | ↑ +40% |
| INTERGROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,343.90 | ↑ +50% |
| LHP HEALTH | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,548.00 | ↑ +59% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,582.75 | ↑ +60% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $3,582.75 | ↑ +60% |
| CIGNA | BH | $3,821.60 | ↑ +71% |
| CHN | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,060.45 | ↑ +82% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,060.45 | ↑ +82% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,060.45 | ↑ +82% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $4,213.31 | ↑ +89% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $4,251.53 | ↑ +90% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $4,251.53 | ↑ +90% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,299.30 | ↑ +92% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $4,344.20 | ↑ +94% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $4,344.20 | ↑ +94% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $4,549.61 | ↑ +104% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $4,573.02 | ↑ +105% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $4,602.16 | ↑ +106% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $4,658.53 | ↑ +109% |
| HORIZON | FEDERAL | $4,658.53 | ↑ +109% |
| 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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Esophagoscop ultrasound exam 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 | $318.62 – $2,487.82 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $2,101.52 | $300.00 – $2,101.52 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $2,099.70 | $318.62 – $2,519.64 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $2,234.01 | $295.50 – $2,435.07 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $2,101.52 | $328.36 – $2,521.83 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $2,099.70 | $318.62 – $2,519.64 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $2,073.18 | $318.62 – $2,487.82 |