Gi trc img intral esophagus 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

$1,104.13

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.

$3,296.00

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.

$593.28 with CLOVER vs $18,693.00 with AETNA — 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 $593.28 ↓ -46%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $827.30 ↓ -25%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $883.30 ↓ -20%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $942.66 ↓ -15%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,048.28 ↓ -5%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,104.13 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,104.13 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,104.13 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,104.13 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,104.13 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,104.13 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,159.33 ↑ +5%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,589.00 ↑ +44%
HORIZON OMNIA $2,158.55 ↑ +95%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,307.20 ↑ +109%
HORIZON PIP $2,472.00 ↑ +124%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $2,472.00 ↑ +124%
CIGNA BH $2,636.80 ↑ +139%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $2,702.72 ↑ +145%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,728.00 ↑ +147%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $2,801.60 ↑ +154%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,801.60 ↑ +154%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $2,801.60 ↑ +154%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,933.44 ↑ +166%
QUALCARE PPO $2,933.44 ↑ +166%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $2,966.40 ↑ +169%
CIGNA PPO $2,997.38 ↑ +171%
CIGNA HMO $2,997.38 ↑ +171%
HORIZON HMO $3,139.11 ↑ +184%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $3,155.26 ↑ +186%
HORIZON SHP $3,175.37 ↑ +188%
HORIZON PPO $3,214.26 ↑ +191%
HORIZON FEDERAL $3,214.26 ↑ +191%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $7,146.00 ↑ +547%
QUALCARE HMO $7,712.00 ↑ +598%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,013.00 ↑ +626%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $8,568.00 ↑ +676%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,904.00 ↑ +706%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +1422%
AETNA PPO $18,693.00 ↑ +1593%
AETNA HMO $18,693.00 ↑ +1593%
AETNA ASA $18,693.00 ↑ +1593%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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