Ot evaluation moderate complexity patient/family 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

$128.99

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.

$561.00

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.

$54.05 with HORIZON vs $869.53 with AETNA — 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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $54.05 ↓ -58%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $100.98 ↓ -22%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $103.19 ↓ -20%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $128.99 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $128.99 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $128.99 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $128.99 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $128.99 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $128.99 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $128.99 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $128.99 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $135.44 ↑ +5%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $140.81 ↑ +9%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $160.45 ↑ +24%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $174.40 ↑ +35%
CIGNA PPO $238.00 ↑ +85%
CIGNA HMO $238.00 ↑ +85%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $366.00 ↑ +184%
HORIZON OMNIA $367.40 ↑ +185%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $386.30 ↑ +199%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $392.70 ↑ +204%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $396.00 ↑ +207%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $406.00 ↑ +215%
HORIZON PIP $420.75 ↑ +226%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $443.19 ↑ +244%
CIGNA BH $448.80 ↑ +248%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $476.85 ↑ +270%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $476.85 ↑ +270%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $476.85 ↑ +270%
QUALCARE PPO $494.80 ↑ +284%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $494.80 ↑ +284%
QUALCARE HMO $494.80 ↑ +284%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $504.90 ↑ +291%
HORIZON HMO $534.30 ↑ +314%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $537.05 ↑ +316%
HORIZON SHP $540.47 ↑ +319%
HORIZON FEDERAL $547.09 ↑ +324%
HORIZON PPO $547.09 ↑ +324%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $561.00 ↑ +335%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $561.00 ↑ +335%
AETNA ASA $869.53 ↑ +574%
AETNA PPO $869.53 ↑ +574%
AETNA HMO $869.53 ↑ +574%

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