Place gastrostomy tube perc 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

$2,234.01

Cash price

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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.

$4,618.00

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.

$417.08 with KARNA vs $16,802.00 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $417.08 ↓ -81%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $831.24 ↓ -63%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,159.12 ↓ -48%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,320.75 ↓ -41%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $1,787.21 ↓ -20%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,200.46 ↓ -2%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,234.01 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,234.01 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,234.01 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $2,234.01 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,234.01 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,234.01 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,345.71 ↑ +5%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,728.00 ↑ +22%
HORIZON OMNIA $3,024.33 ↑ +35%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $3,232.60 ↑ +45%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $3,463.50 ↑ +55%
HORIZON PIP $3,463.50 ↑ +55%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $3,548.00 ↑ +59%
CIGNA BH $3,694.40 ↑ +65%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $3,925.30 ↑ +76%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $3,925.30 ↑ +76%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $3,925.30 ↑ +76%
QUALCARE PPO $4,110.02 ↑ +84%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $4,110.02 ↑ +84%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $4,156.20 ↑ +86%
CIGNA PPO $4,199.61 ↑ +88%
CIGNA HMO $4,199.61 ↑ +88%
HORIZON HMO $4,398.18 ↑ +97%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $4,420.81 ↑ +98%
HORIZON SHP $4,448.98 ↑ +99%
HORIZON PPO $4,503.47 ↑ +102%
HORIZON FEDERAL $4,503.47 ↑ +102%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $7,146.00 ↑ +220%
QUALCARE HMO $7,712.00 ↑ +245%
AETNA ASA $7,773.00 ↑ +248%
AETNA PPO $7,773.00 ↑ +248%
AETNA HMO $7,773.00 ↑ +248%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,013.00 ↑ +259%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $8,568.00 ↑ +284%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,904.00 ↑ +299%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +652%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $425.30 – $4,146.36
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $834.96 – $4,256.54
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Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $550.39 – $4,445.68
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