Lvad shower bag heartmate 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.

$1,205.28

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.

$200.52 with CLOVER vs $1,086.37 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 $200.52 —
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $245.08 —
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $329.74 —
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $545.86 —
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $546.86 —
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $557.00 —
CIGNA PPO $592.65 —
CIGNA HMO $592.65 —
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $607.69 —
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $612.70 —
HORIZON PIP $612.70 —
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $668.40 —
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $724.10 —
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $724.10 —
HORIZON OMNIA $729.56 —
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $757.52 —
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $779.80 —
AETNA PPO $782.03 —
AETNA HMO $782.03 —
AETNA ASA $782.03 —
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $880.06 —
CIGNA BH $891.20 —
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $946.90 —
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $954.01 —
QUALCARE PPO $982.55 —
QUALCARE HMO $982.55 —
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $982.55 —
HORIZON HMO $1,060.97 —
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,066.43 —
HORIZON SHP $1,073.23 —
HORIZON FEDERAL $1,086.37 —
HORIZON PPO $1,086.37 —
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital —
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital —
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO not published by hospital —
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital —
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —

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