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Pelvic Ultrasound (limited) 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

$125.23

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.

$413.00

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.

$65.41 with HORIZON vs $402.76 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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $65.41 ↓ -48%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $74.34 ↓ -41%
AETNA PPO $80.88 ↓ -35%
AETNA ASA $80.88 ↓ -35%
AETNA HMO $80.88 ↓ -35%
CIGNA PPO $85.71 ↓ -32%
CIGNA HMO $85.71 ↓ -32%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $94.00 ↓ -25%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $100.19 ↓ -20%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $103.66 ↓ -17%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $115.65 ↓ -8%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $115.65 ↓ -8%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $118.12 ↓ -6%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.23 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.23 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.23 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.23 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $125.23 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $125.23 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $127.14 ↑ +2%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $131.49 ↑ +5%
HORIZON OMNIA $270.47 ↑ +116%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $284.39 ↑ +127%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $289.10 ↑ +131%
HORIZON PIP $309.75 ↑ +147%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $309.75 ↑ +147%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $326.27 ↑ +161%
CIGNA BH $330.40 ↑ +164%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $336.99 ↑ +169%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $337.00 ↑ +169%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $351.05 ↑ +180%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $351.05 ↑ +180%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $351.05 ↑ +180%
QUALCARE HMO $364.27 ↑ +191%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $364.27 ↑ +191%
QUALCARE PPO $364.27 ↑ +191%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $371.70 ↑ +197%
HORIZON HMO $393.34 ↑ +214%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $395.36 ↑ +216%
HORIZON SHP $397.88 ↑ +218%
HORIZON FEDERAL $402.76 ↑ +222%
HORIZON PPO $402.76 ↑ +222%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Pelvic Ultrasound (limited) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $117.70 $65.71 – $524.70
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $116.22 $65.71 – $524.70

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