Insert tunneled cv 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

$3,706.68

Cash price

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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.

$7,005.00

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.

$810.76 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 $810.76 ↓ -78%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,260.90 ↓ -66%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,758.26 ↓ -53%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,003.43 ↓ -46%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,728.00 ↓ -26%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $2,965.35 ↓ -20%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $3,548.00 ↓ -4%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,686.08 ↓ -1%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,706.68 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,706.68 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,706.68 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,706.68 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3,706.68 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,706.68 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,892.02 ↑ +5%
HORIZON OMNIA $4,587.57 ↑ +24%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $4,903.50 ↑ +32%
HORIZON PIP $5,253.75 ↑ +42%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $5,253.75 ↑ +42%
CIGNA BH $5,604.00 ↑ +51%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $5,954.25 ↑ +61%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $5,954.25 ↑ +61%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $5,954.25 ↑ +61%
QUALCARE PPO $6,234.45 ↑ +68%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $6,234.45 ↑ +68%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $6,304.50 ↑ +70%
CIGNA HMO $6,370.35 ↑ +72%
CIGNA PPO $6,370.35 ↑ +72%
HORIZON HMO $6,671.56 ↑ +80%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $6,705.89 ↑ +81%
HORIZON SHP $6,748.62 ↑ +82%
HORIZON FEDERAL $6,831.28 ↑ +84%
HORIZON PPO $6,831.28 ↑ +84%
QUALCARE HMO $7,712.00 ↑ +108%
AETNA PPO $7,773.00 ↑ +110%
AETNA ASA $7,773.00 ↑ +110%
AETNA HMO $7,773.00 ↑ +110%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,013.00 ↑ +116%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,904.00 ↑ +140%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $13,088.00 ↑ +253%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $15,823.00 ↑ +327%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +353%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $1,120.50 – $7,062.48
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