Ingest challenge ini 120 min 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

$624.87

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.

$1,232.00

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.

$123.62 with KARNA vs $1,232.00 with AMERIHEALTH — 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 $123.62 ↓ -80%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $221.76 ↓ -65%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $309.23 ↓ -51%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $352.35 ↓ -44%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $439.00 ↓ -30%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $499.89 ↓ -20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $540.00 ↓ -14%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $609.84 ↓ -2%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $619.82 ↓ -1%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $624.87 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $624.87 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $624.87 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $624.87 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $624.87 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $624.87 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $656.11 ↑ +5%
HORIZON OMNIA $806.84 ↑ +29%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $848.36 ↑ +36%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $862.40 ↑ +38%
HORIZON PIP $924.00 ↑ +48%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $924.00 ↑ +48%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $973.28 ↑ +56%
CIGNA BH $985.60 ↑ +58%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,047.20 ↑ +68%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $1,047.20 ↑ +68%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,047.20 ↑ +68%
QUALCARE HMO $1,086.62 ↑ +74%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,086.62 ↑ +74%
QUALCARE PPO $1,086.62 ↑ +74%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,108.80 ↑ +77%
AETNA ASA $1,172.86 ↑ +88%
AETNA PPO $1,172.86 ↑ +88%
AETNA HMO $1,172.86 ↑ +88%
HORIZON HMO $1,173.36 ↑ +88%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,179.39 ↑ +89%
HORIZON SHP $1,186.91 ↑ +90%
CIGNA HMO $1,191.96 ↑ +91%
CIGNA PPO $1,191.96 ↑ +91%
HORIZON PPO $1,201.45 ↑ +92%
HORIZON FEDERAL $1,201.45 ↑ +92%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,232.00 ↑ +97%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,232.00 ↑ +97%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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