Implant neuroelectrodes 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

$7,728.86

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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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$9,287.00

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.

$685.83 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 $685.83 ↓ -91%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,671.66 ↓ -78%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $2,331.04 ↓ -70%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,656.08 ↓ -66%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,728.00 ↓ -65%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $3,548.00 ↓ -54%
HORIZON OMNIA $6,082.06 ↓ -21%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $6,183.09 ↓ -20%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $6,500.90 ↓ -16%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $6,965.25 ↓ -10%
HORIZON PIP $6,965.25 ↓ -10%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $7,057.81 ↓ -9%
CIGNA BH $7,429.60 ↓ -4%
QUALCARE HMO $7,712.00 ↓ -0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,728.86 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,728.86 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,728.86 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,728.86 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $7,728.86 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $7,728.86 ↑ +0%
AETNA PPO $7,773.00 ↑ +1%
AETNA ASA $7,773.00 ↑ +1%
AETNA HMO $7,773.00 ↑ +1%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $7,893.95 ↑ +2%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $7,893.95 ↑ +2%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,908.94 ↑ +2%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,013.00 ↑ +4%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8,115.31 ↑ +5%
QUALCARE PPO $8,265.43 ↑ +7%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $8,265.43 ↑ +7%
CIGNA HMO $8,357.00 ↑ +8%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $8,358.30 ↑ +8%
CIGNA PPO $8,445.60 ↑ +9%
HORIZON HMO $8,844.94 ↑ +14%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $8,890.45 ↑ +15%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,904.00 ↑ +15%
HORIZON SHP $8,947.10 ↑ +16%
HORIZON FEDERAL $9,056.68 ↑ +17%
HORIZON PPO $9,056.68 ↑ +17%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +117%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $21,696.00 ↑ +181%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $29,297.00 ↑ +279%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Implant neuroelectrodes at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $7,264.21 $7,264.21 – $8,717.05
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $7,172.46 $665.10 – $8,606.95
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $7,270.51 $188.18 – $7,270.51
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $7,264.21 $665.10 – $8,717.05
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $7,728.86 $685.83 – $8,424.46
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $7,270.51 $685.83 – $8,724.61
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $7,264.21 $665.10 – $8,717.05
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