Fragmenting of kidney stone 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

$4,061.71

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.

$12,375.00

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.

$1,217.11 with KARNA vs $29,297.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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 $1,217.11 ↓ -70%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,227.50 ↓ -45%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,728.00 ↓ -33%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $3,106.13 ↓ -24%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $3,249.37 ↓ -20%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $3,539.25 ↓ -13%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $3,548.00 ↓ -13%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,031.47 ↓ -1%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,061.71 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,061.71 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $4,061.71 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $4,061.71 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,061.71 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,061.71 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,264.80 ↑ +5%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $7,057.81 ↑ +74%
AETNA PPO $7,773.00 ↑ +91%
AETNA HMO $7,773.00 ↑ +91%
AETNA ASA $7,773.00 ↑ +91%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,013.00 ↑ +97%
HORIZON OMNIA $8,104.39 ↑ +100%
CIGNA HMO $8,357.00 ↑ +106%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $8,662.50 ↑ +113%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,904.00 ↑ +119%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $9,281.25 ↑ +129%
HORIZON PIP $9,281.25 ↑ +129%
CIGNA BH $9,900.00 ↑ +144%
CIGNA PPO $10,049.00 ↑ +147%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $10,518.75 ↑ +159%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $10,518.75 ↑ +159%
QUALCARE HMO $10,914.75 ↑ +169%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $11,013.75 ↑ +171%
QUALCARE PPO $11,013.75 ↑ +171%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $11,137.50 ↑ +174%
HORIZON HMO $11,785.95 ↑ +190%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $11,846.59 ↑ +192%
HORIZON SHP $11,922.08 ↑ +194%
HORIZON FEDERAL $12,068.10 ↑ +197%
HORIZON PPO $12,068.10 ↑ +197%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +314%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $21,696.00 ↑ +434%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $29,297.00 ↑ +621%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Fragmenting of kidney stone at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $3,817.53 $3,817.53 – $4,581.03
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $3,769.31 $1,179.88 – $4,523.17
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $3,820.84 $1,217.11 – $3,820.84
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $3,817.53 $1,179.88 – $4,581.03
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $4,061.71 $1,217.11 – $4,427.27
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $3,820.84 $1,217.11 – $12,134.00
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $3,817.53 $1,179.88 – $4,581.03
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $3,769.31 $1,179.88 – $4,523.17

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