Gi wireless capsule measure 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.

$2,288.00

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.

$411.84 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 $411.84 ↓ -63%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $574.29 ↓ -48%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $654.37 ↓ -41%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $883.30 ↓ -20%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,048.28 ↓ -5%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,104.13 ↑ +0%
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%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,159.33 ↑ +5%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,498.41 ↑ +36%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,601.60 ↑ +45%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,716.00 ↑ +55%
HORIZON PIP $1,716.00 ↑ +55%
CIGNA BH $1,830.40 ↑ +66%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $1,876.16 ↑ +70%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,944.80 ↑ +76%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $1,944.80 ↑ +76%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,944.80 ↑ +76%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,036.32 ↑ +84%
QUALCARE PPO $2,036.32 ↑ +84%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $2,059.20 ↑ +86%
CIGNA PPO $2,080.71 ↑ +88%
CIGNA HMO $2,080.71 ↑ +88%
HORIZON HMO $2,179.09 ↑ +97%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $2,190.30 ↑ +98%
HORIZON SHP $2,204.26 ↑ +100%
HORIZON FEDERAL $2,231.26 ↑ +102%
HORIZON PPO $2,231.26 ↑ +102%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,728.00 ↑ +147%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,920.45 ↑ +165%
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 ASA $18,693.00 ↑ +1593%
AETNA PPO $18,693.00 ↑ +1593%
AETNA HMO $18,693.00 ↑ +1593%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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