healthcosts.net

New Patient Office Visit (level 5) 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

not published by hospital

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$770.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$116.00 with HORIZON vs $974.00 with AMERIHEALTH — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $116.00
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $138.60
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $169.40
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $193.27
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $220.22
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $227.92
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $306.11
HORIZON OMNIA $504.27
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $530.22
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $539.00
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $555.63
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $565.72
HORIZON PIP $577.50
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $577.50
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $608.30
CIGNA BH $616.00
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $654.50
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $654.50
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $654.50
QUALCARE HMO $679.14
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $679.14
QUALCARE PPO $679.14
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $693.00
AETNA PPO $733.04
AETNA ASA $733.04
AETNA HMO $733.04
HORIZON HMO $733.35
HORIZON INDEMNITY $737.12
HORIZON SHP $741.82
CIGNA PPO $744.98
CIGNA HMO $744.98
HORIZON FEDERAL $750.90
HORIZON PPO $750.90
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $879.00
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $974.00
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

New Patient Office Visit (level 5) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel not published $111.00 – $693.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick not published $111.00 – $693.00

All New-jersey hospitals for this procedure →