Laparoscopy fundoplasty 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

$12,260.88

Cash price

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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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$20,320.00

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.

$2,275.38 with KARNA vs $29,297.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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 $2,275.38 ↓ -81%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,728.00 ↓ -78%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $3,548.00 ↓ -71%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,657.60 ↓ -70%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $5,100.32 ↓ -58%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $5,811.52 ↓ -53%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $7,057.81 ↓ -42%
QUALCARE HMO $7,712.00 ↓ -37%
AETNA ASA $7,773.00 ↓ -37%
AETNA PPO $7,773.00 ↓ -37%
AETNA HMO $7,773.00 ↓ -37%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,013.00 ↓ -35%
CIGNA HMO $8,357.00 ↓ -32%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $8,539.00 ↓ -30%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,904.00 ↓ -27%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $9,808.70 ↓ -20%
CIGNA PPO $10,049.00 ↓ -18%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11,903.87 ↓ -3%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12,260.88 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12,260.88 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12,260.88 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12,260.88 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $12,260.88 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $12,260.88 ↑ +0%
HORIZON OMNIA $12,826.00 ↑ +5%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12,873.92 ↑ +5%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $14,224.00 ↑ +16%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $14,850.00 ↑ +21%
QUALCARE PPO $14,850.00 ↑ +21%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $15,240.00 ↑ +24%
HORIZON PIP $15,240.00 ↑ +24%
HORIZON SHP $15,733.00 ↑ +28%
CIGNA BH $16,256.00 ↑ +33%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +37%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $17,272.00 ↑ +41%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $18,288.00 ↑ +49%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $18,625.00 ↑ +52%
HORIZON HMO $18,666.00 ↑ +52%
HORIZON PPO $18,964.00 ↑ +55%
HORIZON FEDERAL $18,964.00 ↑ +55%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $21,696.00 ↑ +77%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $29,297.00 ↑ +139%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Laparoscopy fundoplasty at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $546.05 – $22,756.42
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $725.32 – $23,361.12
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $742.80 – $22,642.64
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $716.58 – $23,244.31
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $562.11 – $23,361.12
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $706.65 – $24,399.15
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $1,433.16 – $22,932.28
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $11,523.76 $11,523.76 – $13,828.52

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