Kidney endoscopy & biopsy 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

$10,890.00

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.

$11,092.00

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.

$706.97 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 $706.97 ↓ -94%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,996.56 ↓ -82%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,728.00 ↓ -75%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $2,784.09 ↓ -74%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $3,172.31 ↓ -71%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $3,548.00 ↓ -67%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $7,057.81 ↓ -35%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $7,146.00 ↓ -34%
HORIZON OMNIA $7,264.15 ↓ -33%
QUALCARE HMO $7,712.00 ↓ -29%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $7,764.40 ↓ -29%
AETNA PPO $7,773.00 ↓ -29%
AETNA ASA $7,773.00 ↓ -29%
AETNA HMO $7,773.00 ↓ -29%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,013.00 ↓ -26%
HORIZON PIP $8,319.00 ↓ -24%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $8,319.00 ↓ -24%
CIGNA HMO $8,357.00 ↓ -23%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $8,539.00 ↓ -22%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $8,568.00 ↓ -21%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $8,712.00 ↓ -20%
CIGNA BH $8,873.60 ↓ -19%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,904.00 ↓ -18%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $9,428.20 ↓ -13%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $9,871.88 ↓ -9%
QUALCARE PPO $9,871.88 ↓ -9%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,982.80 ↓ -8%
CIGNA PPO $10,049.00 ↓ -8%
HORIZON HMO $10,564.02 ↓ -3%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $10,618.37 ↓ -2%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10,653.32 ↓ -2%
HORIZON SHP $10,686.03 ↓ -2%
HORIZON FEDERAL $10,816.92 ↓ -1%
HORIZON PPO $10,816.92 ↓ -1%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10,890.00 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10,890.00 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $10,890.00 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $10,890.00 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10,890.00 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10,890.00 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11,434.50 ↑ +5%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +54%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $209.62 – $20,212.06
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $253.08 – $20,749.12
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Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $271.27 – $21,671.10
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $500.07 – $20,368.25
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