Manipulation chest wall initial demonstration/evaluation 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

$151.80

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$308.00

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.

$45.42 with KARNA vs $794.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $45.42 ↓ -70%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $55.44 ↓ -63%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $77.31 ↓ -49%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $88.09 ↓ -42%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $121.44 ↓ -20%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $147.72 ↓ -3%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $151.80 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $151.80 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $151.80 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $151.80 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $151.80 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $151.80 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $152.46 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $159.39 ↑ +5%
HORIZON OMNIA $201.71 ↑ +33%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $212.09 ↑ +40%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $215.60 ↑ +42%
HORIZON PIP $231.00 ↑ +52%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $231.00 ↑ +52%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $243.32 ↑ +60%
CIGNA BH $246.40 ↑ +62%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $261.80 ↑ +72%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $261.80 ↑ +72%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $261.80 ↑ +72%
QUALCARE HMO $271.66 ↑ +79%
QUALCARE PPO $271.66 ↑ +79%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $271.66 ↑ +79%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $277.20 ↑ +83%
AETNA ASA $293.22 ↑ +93%
AETNA PPO $293.22 ↑ +93%
AETNA HMO $293.22 ↑ +93%
HORIZON HMO $293.34 ↑ +93%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $294.85 ↑ +94%
HORIZON SHP $296.73 ↑ +95%
CIGNA HMO $297.99 ↑ +96%
CIGNA PPO $297.99 ↑ +96%
HORIZON PPO $300.36 ↑ +98%
HORIZON FEDERAL $300.36 ↑ +98%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $308.00 ↑ +103%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $308.00 ↑ +103%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $566.00 ↑ +273%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $794.00 ↑ +423%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Manipulation chest wall initial demonstration/evaluation at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $60.06 $140.87 – $313.48
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $59.33 $129.48 – $289.24
Community Medical Center Toms River $66.36 $132.60 – $280.33
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $39.58 $127.92 – $287.79
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $90.50 $394.00 – $394.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $58.32 $144.62 – $289.24
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $66.49 $140.40 – $302.08
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $70.01 $142.67 – $283.91

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