Insert tissue expander(s) 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

$4,311.38

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.

$7,076.00

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.

$1,273.68 with CLOVER 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,273.68 ↓ -70%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,776.08 ↓ -59%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,023.74 ↓ -53%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,213.51 ↓ -49%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,728.00 ↓ -37%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $3,449.10 ↓ -20%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $3,548.00 ↓ -18%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,148.81 ↓ -4%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,311.38 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $4,311.38 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,311.38 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $4,311.38 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,311.38 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,311.38 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,526.95 ↑ +5%
HORIZON OMNIA $4,634.07 ↑ +7%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $4,953.20 ↑ +15%
HORIZON PIP $5,307.00 ↑ +23%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $5,307.00 ↑ +23%
CIGNA BH $5,660.80 ↑ +31%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $6,014.60 ↑ +40%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $6,014.60 ↑ +40%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $6,014.60 ↑ +40%
QUALCARE PPO $6,297.64 ↑ +46%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $6,297.64 ↑ +46%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $6,368.40 ↑ +48%
CIGNA HMO $6,434.91 ↑ +49%
CIGNA PPO $6,434.91 ↑ +49%
HORIZON HMO $6,739.18 ↑ +56%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $6,773.85 ↑ +57%
HORIZON SHP $6,817.02 ↑ +58%
HORIZON FEDERAL $6,900.52 ↑ +60%
HORIZON PPO $6,900.52 ↑ +60%
QUALCARE HMO $7,712.00 ↑ +79%
AETNA PPO $7,773.00 ↑ +80%
AETNA ASA $7,773.00 ↑ +80%
AETNA HMO $7,773.00 ↑ +80%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,013.00 ↑ +86%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,904.00 ↑ +107%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $13,088.00 ↑ +204%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $15,823.00 ↑ +267%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +290%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Insert tissue expander(s) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $523.89 – $8,002.00
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $578.49 – $8,214.64
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $592.43 – $7,961.99
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $571.52 – $8,173.57
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $539.30 – $8,214.64
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $627.28 – $8,579.65
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $1,143.05 – $8,063.84
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