Ins pq tunnld ip cath w/img 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

$4,156.03

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.

$7,679.00

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.

$410.64 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.

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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 $410.64 ↓ -90%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,382.22 ↓ -67%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,927.43 ↓ -54%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,196.19 ↓ -47%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,728.00 ↓ -34%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $3,324.83 ↓ -20%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $3,548.00 ↓ -15%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,000.83 ↓ -4%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,156.03 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,156.03 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,156.03 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,156.03 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $4,156.03 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $4,156.03 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,363.83 ↑ +5%
HORIZON OMNIA $5,028.98 ↑ +21%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $5,375.30 ↑ +29%
HORIZON PIP $5,759.25 ↑ +39%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $5,759.25 ↑ +39%
CIGNA BH $6,143.20 ↑ +48%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $6,527.15 ↑ +57%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $6,527.15 ↑ +57%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $6,527.15 ↑ +57%
QUALCARE PPO $6,834.31 ↑ +64%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $6,834.31 ↑ +64%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $6,911.10 ↑ +66%
CIGNA HMO $6,983.28 ↑ +68%
CIGNA PPO $6,983.28 ↑ +68%
HORIZON HMO $7,313.48 ↑ +76%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $7,351.11 ↑ +77%
HORIZON SHP $7,397.95 ↑ +78%
HORIZON FEDERAL $7,488.56 ↑ +80%
HORIZON PPO $7,488.56 ↑ +80%
QUALCARE HMO $7,712.00 ↑ +86%
AETNA PPO $7,773.00 ↑ +87%
AETNA ASA $7,773.00 ↑ +87%
AETNA HMO $7,773.00 ↑ +87%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,013.00 ↑ +93%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,904.00 ↑ +114%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $13,088.00 ↑ +215%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $15,823.00 ↑ +281%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +304%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $503.17 – $7,713.68
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $1,125.15 – $7,918.64
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Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $1,111.59 – $7,879.05
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Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $651.16 – $8,270.50
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