Incision of tendon sheath at Hackensack University Medical Center
30 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1457456279
$1,884.74
Cash price 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.
$4,912.00
Gross charge 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.
$776.25 with KARNA vs $16,802.00 with HORIZON — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $776.25 | ↓ -59% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $884.16 | ↓ -53% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,232.91 | ↓ -35% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,404.83 | ↓ -25% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,507.79 | ↓ -20% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,858.61 | ↓ -1% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,884.74 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,884.74 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,884.74 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,884.74 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,884.74 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,884.74 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,978.98 | ↑ +5% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $2,728.00 | ↑ +45% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $3,216.87 | ↑ +71% |
| INTERGROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,438.40 | ↑ +82% |
| LHP HEALTH | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,548.00 | ↑ +88% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,684.00 | ↑ +95% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $3,684.00 | ↑ +95% |
| CIGNA | BH | $3,929.60 | ↑ +108% |
| CHN | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,175.20 | ↑ +122% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,175.20 | ↑ +122% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,175.20 | ↑ +122% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $4,371.68 | ↑ +132% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $4,371.68 | ↑ +132% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,420.80 | ↑ +135% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $4,466.97 | ↑ +137% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $4,466.97 | ↑ +137% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $4,678.19 | ↑ +148% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $4,702.26 | ↑ +149% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $4,732.22 | ↑ +151% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $4,790.18 | ↑ +154% |
| HORIZON | FEDERAL | $4,790.18 | ↑ +154% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $7,712.00 | ↑ +309% |
| AETNA | ASA | $7,773.00 | ↑ +312% |
| AETNA | PPO | $7,773.00 | ↑ +312% |
| AETNA | HMO | $7,773.00 | ↑ +312% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $8,013.00 | ↑ +325% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $8,904.00 | ↑ +372% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,571.00 | ↑ +408% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $11,528.00 | ↑ +512% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $16,802.00 | ↑ +791% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Incision of tendon sheath at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $1,771.43 | $1,771.43 – $2,125.72 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $1,749.06 | $745.39 – $2,098.87 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $1,772.97 | $367.86 – $1,772.97 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $1,771.43 | $745.39 – $2,125.72 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $1,884.74 | $776.25 – $2,054.37 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $1,772.97 | $776.25 – $2,127.56 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $1,771.43 | $745.39 – $2,125.72 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $1,749.06 | $745.39 – $2,098.87 |