Insert swan-ganz cath 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

$1,829.42

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.

$6,188.00

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.

$143.65 with KARNA vs $20,769.00 with AETNA — 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 $143.65 ↓ -92%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,113.84 ↓ -39%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $1,463.54 ↓ -20%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,553.19 ↓ -15%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,769.77 ↓ -3%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,829.42 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,829.42 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,829.42 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,829.42 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,829.42 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,829.42 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,852.05 ↑ +1%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,920.90 ↑ +5%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $3,063.06 ↑ +67%
HORIZON OMNIA $4,052.52 ↑ +122%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $4,331.60 ↑ +137%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $4,641.00 ↑ +154%
HORIZON PIP $4,641.00 ↑ +154%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $4,721.00 ↑ +158%
CIGNA BH $4,950.40 ↑ +171%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $5,259.80 ↑ +188%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $5,259.80 ↑ +188%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $5,259.80 ↑ +188%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $5,606.00 ↑ +206%
HORIZON HMO $5,893.45 ↑ +222%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $5,923.77 ↑ +224%
HORIZON SHP $5,961.52 ↑ +226%
HORIZON FEDERAL $6,034.54 ↑ +230%
HORIZON PPO $6,034.54 ↑ +230%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $6,044.00 ↑ +230%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,013.00 ↑ +338%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,904.00 ↑ +387%
QUALCARE HMO $13,492.00 ↑ +638%
QUALCARE PPO $13,492.00 ↑ +638%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $13,492.00 ↑ +638%
CIGNA HMO $15,091.00 ↑ +725%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $15,374.00 ↑ +740%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +818%
CIGNA PPO $20,078.00 ↑ +998%
AETNA PPO $20,769.00 ↑ +1035%
AETNA HMO $20,769.00 ↑ +1035%
AETNA ASA $20,769.00 ↑ +1035%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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