Insert ant drainage device 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

$4,737.56

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.

$8,280.00

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.

$1,490.40 with CLOVER vs $22,263.00 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,490.40 ↓ -69%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $2,078.28 ↓ -56%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,212.63 ↓ -53%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,368.08 ↓ -50%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,728.00 ↓ -42%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $3,548.00 ↓ -25%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $3,790.05 ↓ -20%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,701.83 ↓ -1%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,737.56 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $4,737.56 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $4,737.56 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,737.56 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,737.56 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,737.56 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,974.44 ↑ +5%
HORIZON OMNIA $5,422.57 ↑ +14%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $5,796.00 ↑ +22%
HORIZON PIP $6,210.00 ↑ +31%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $6,210.00 ↑ +31%
CIGNA BH $6,624.00 ↑ +40%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $7,038.00 ↑ +49%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $7,038.00 ↑ +49%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $7,038.00 ↑ +49%
QUALCARE PPO $7,369.20 ↑ +56%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $7,369.20 ↑ +56%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $7,452.00 ↑ +57%
CIGNA PPO $7,529.83 ↑ +59%
CIGNA HMO $7,529.83 ↑ +59%
QUALCARE HMO $7,712.00 ↑ +63%
AETNA ASA $7,773.00 ↑ +64%
AETNA PPO $7,773.00 ↑ +64%
AETNA HMO $7,773.00 ↑ +64%
HORIZON HMO $7,885.87 ↑ +66%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $7,926.44 ↑ +67%
HORIZON SHP $7,976.95 ↑ +68%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,013.00 ↑ +69%
HORIZON PPO $8,074.66 ↑ +70%
HORIZON FEDERAL $8,074.66 ↑ +70%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,904.00 ↑ +88%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +255%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $18,362.00 ↑ +288%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $22,263.00 ↑ +370%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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