Extrnl counterpulse, per tx 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

$151.80

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.

$976.00

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.

$121.44 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $2,033.00 with OXFORD — 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
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $121.44 ↓ -20%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $147.72 ↓ -3%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $151.80 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $151.80 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $151.80 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $151.80 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $151.80 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $151.80 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $159.39 ↑ +5%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $175.68 ↑ +16%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $196.21 ↑ +29%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $244.98 ↑ +61%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $279.14 ↑ +84%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $483.12 ↑ +218%
HORIZON OMNIA $639.18 ↑ +321%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $672.07 ↑ +343%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $683.20 ↑ +350%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $732.00 ↑ +382%
HORIZON PIP $732.00 ↑ +382%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $771.04 ↑ +408%
CIGNA BH $780.80 ↑ +414%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $829.60 ↑ +447%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $829.60 ↑ +447%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $829.60 ↑ +447%
QUALCARE PPO $860.83 ↑ +467%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $860.83 ↑ +467%
QUALCARE HMO $860.83 ↑ +467%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $878.40 ↑ +479%
AETNA ASA $929.15 ↑ +512%
AETNA HMO $929.15 ↑ +512%
AETNA PPO $929.15 ↑ +512%
HORIZON HMO $929.54 ↑ +512%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $934.32 ↑ +515%
HORIZON SHP $940.28 ↑ +519%
CIGNA PPO $944.28 ↑ +522%
CIGNA HMO $944.28 ↑ +522%
HORIZON PPO $951.80 ↑ +527%
HORIZON FEDERAL $951.80 ↑ +527%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $976.00 ↑ +543%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $976.00 ↑ +543%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $2,030.00 ↑ +1237%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $2,033.00 ↑ +1239%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Extrnl counterpulse, per tx at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $142.67 $142.67 – $171.21
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $140.87 $104.00 – $185.36
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $142.80 $104.00 – $1,042.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $142.67 $142.67 – $185.36
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $151.80 $58.00 – $196.21
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $142.80 $142.80 – $196.21
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $142.67 $142.67 – $185.36
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $140.87 $140.87 – $185.36

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