Explr/decompress eye socket 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

$4,440.96

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.

$9,123.00

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.

$1,642.14 with CLOVER 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,642.14 ↓ -63%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $2,007.06 ↓ -55%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $2,289.87 ↓ -48%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,609.18 ↓ -41%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,700.41 ↓ -39%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,728.00 ↓ -39%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,131.08 ↓ -29%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $3,548.00 ↓ -20%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,440.96 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,440.96 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,440.96 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,440.96 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $4,440.96 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $4,440.96 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,663.00 ↑ +5%
HORIZON OMNIA $5,974.65 ↑ +35%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $6,386.10 ↑ +44%
HORIZON PIP $6,842.25 ↑ +54%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $6,842.25 ↑ +54%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $7,057.81 ↑ +59%
CIGNA BH $7,298.40 ↑ +64%
QUALCARE HMO $7,712.00 ↑ +74%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $7,754.55 ↑ +75%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $7,754.55 ↑ +75%
AETNA PPO $7,773.00 ↑ +75%
AETNA HMO $7,773.00 ↑ +75%
AETNA ASA $7,773.00 ↑ +75%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,013.00 ↑ +80%
QUALCARE PPO $8,119.47 ↑ +83%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $8,119.47 ↑ +83%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $8,210.70 ↑ +85%
CIGNA HMO $8,296.46 ↑ +87%
CIGNA PPO $8,296.46 ↑ +87%
HORIZON HMO $8,688.75 ↑ +96%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $8,733.45 ↑ +97%
HORIZON SHP $8,789.10 ↑ +98%
HORIZON PPO $8,896.75 ↑ +100%
HORIZON FEDERAL $8,896.75 ↑ +100%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,904.00 ↑ +100%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $13,088.00 ↑ +195%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $15,823.00 ↑ +256%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +278%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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