Exc mal+marg tal 3.1-4 cm 11604 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

$828.59

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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.

$3,080.00

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.

$454.02 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 $454.02 ↓ -45%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $554.40 ↓ -33%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $662.87 ↓ -20%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $773.08 ↓ -7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $813.63 ↓ -2%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $828.59 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $828.59 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $828.59 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $828.59 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $828.59 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $828.59 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $870.02 ↑ +5%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $880.88 ↑ +6%
HORIZON OMNIA $2,017.09 ↑ +143%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,156.00 ↑ +160%
HORIZON PIP $2,310.00 ↑ +179%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $2,310.00 ↑ +179%
CIGNA BH $2,464.00 ↑ +197%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $2,525.60 ↑ +205%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $2,618.00 ↑ +216%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,618.00 ↑ +216%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $2,618.00 ↑ +216%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,728.00 ↑ +229%
QUALCARE PPO $2,741.20 ↑ +231%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,741.20 ↑ +231%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $2,772.00 ↑ +235%
CIGNA PPO $2,800.95 ↑ +238%
CIGNA HMO $2,800.95 ↑ +238%
HORIZON HMO $2,933.39 ↑ +254%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $2,948.48 ↑ +256%
HORIZON SHP $2,967.27 ↑ +258%
HORIZON FEDERAL $3,003.62 ↑ +262%
HORIZON PPO $3,003.62 ↑ +262%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $4,721.00 ↑ +470%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $5,606.00 ↑ +577%
QUALCARE HMO $7,712.00 ↑ +831%
AETNA ASA $7,773.00 ↑ +838%
AETNA PPO $7,773.00 ↑ +838%
AETNA HMO $7,773.00 ↑ +838%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,013.00 ↑ +867%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,904.00 ↑ +975%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +1928%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Exc mal+marg tal 3.1-4 cm 11604 at other New-jersey hospitals

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Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $778.78 $778.78 – $934.53
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $768.94 $438.78 – $922.73
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