Intro catheter aorta 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

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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.

$4,382.00

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.

$282.78 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 $282.78
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $788.76
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $964.04
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,099.88
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,253.25
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,297.07
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,728.00
HORIZON OMNIA $2,869.77
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $3,067.40
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $3,205.00
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $3,286.50
HORIZON PIP $3,286.50
CIGNA BH $3,505.60
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $3,548.00
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $3,724.70
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $3,724.70
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $3,724.70
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $3,756.00
QUALCARE PPO $3,899.98
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $3,899.98
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $3,943.80
CIGNA HMO $3,984.99
CIGNA PPO $3,984.99
HORIZON HMO $4,173.42
HORIZON INDEMNITY $4,194.89
HORIZON SHP $4,221.62
HORIZON PPO $4,273.33
HORIZON FEDERAL $4,273.33
QUALCARE HMO $7,712.00
AETNA ASA $7,773.00
AETNA HMO $7,773.00
AETNA PPO $7,773.00
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,013.00
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,904.00
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Intro catheter aorta at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $155.80 – $155.80
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $155.80 – $312.28
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $155.80 – $392.58
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $155.80 – $155.80
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton Hamilton Township $5,110.00 $155.80 – $155.80
Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus Lakewood $4,350.00 $155.80 – $155.80
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick $5,741.00 $155.80 – $726.13
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset Somerville $6,311.00 $155.80 – $321.20

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