Optx partclr fx&/dslc elbw w 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

$15,152.74

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.

$15,193.00

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.

$2,346.86 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 $2,346.86 ↓ -85%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,728.00 ↓ -82%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,734.74 ↓ -82%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $3,548.00 ↓ -77%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $3,813.44 ↓ -75%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $4,345.20 ↓ -71%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $7,057.81 ↓ -53%
QUALCARE HMO $7,712.00 ↓ -49%
AETNA ASA $7,773.00 ↓ -49%
AETNA PPO $7,773.00 ↓ -49%
AETNA HMO $7,773.00 ↓ -49%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,013.00 ↓ -47%
CIGNA HMO $8,357.00 ↓ -45%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $8,539.00 ↓ -44%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,904.00 ↓ -41%
HORIZON OMNIA $9,949.90 ↓ -34%
CIGNA PPO $10,049.00 ↓ -34%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $10,635.10 ↓ -30%
HORIZON PIP $11,394.75 ↓ -25%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $11,394.75 ↓ -25%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $12,122.19 ↓ -20%
CIGNA BH $12,154.40 ↓ -20%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $12,914.05 ↓ -15%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $13,521.77 ↓ -11%
QUALCARE PPO $13,521.77 ↓ -11%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $13,673.70 ↓ -10%
HORIZON HMO $14,469.81 ↓ -5%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $14,544.26 ↓ -4%
HORIZON SHP $14,636.94 ↓ -3%
HORIZON FEDERAL $14,816.21 ↓ -2%
HORIZON PPO $14,816.21 ↓ -2%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15,152.74 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15,152.74 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15,152.74 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $15,152.74 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $15,152.74 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15,152.74 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15,219.83 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15,910.38 ↑ +5%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +11%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $21,696.00 ↑ +43%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $29,297.00 ↑ +93%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Optx partclr fx&/dslc elbw w at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $559.32 – $28,123.78
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $787.11 – $28,871.08
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $806.07 – $27,983.16
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $777.62 – $28,726.72
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $575.77 – $28,871.08
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $723.82 – $30,153.95
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $1,555.24 – $28,341.12
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $14,241.77 $14,241.77 – $17,090.12

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