Psychotherapy patient individual therapy 30 minutes 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

$189.21

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.

$358.00

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.

$64.44 with CLOVER vs $408.00 with QUALCARE — 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $64.44 ↓ -66%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $89.86 ↓ -53%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $102.39 ↓ -46%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $114.23 ↓ -40%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $151.37 ↓ -20%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $177.21 ↓ -6%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $184.38 ↓ -3%
QUALCARE PPO $185.00 ↓ -2%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $185.00 ↓ -2%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $189.21 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $189.21 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $189.21 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $189.21 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $189.21 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $189.21 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $198.68 ↑ +5%
HORIZON OMNIA $234.45 ↑ +24%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $246.52 ↑ +30%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $250.60 ↑ +32%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $258.33 ↑ +37%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $263.02 ↑ +39%
HORIZON PIP $268.50 ↑ +42%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $268.50 ↑ +42%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $282.82 ↑ +49%
CIGNA BH $286.40 ↑ +51%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $304.30 ↑ +61%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $304.30 ↑ +61%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $304.30 ↑ +61%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $322.20 ↑ +70%
AETNA ASA $340.82 ↑ +80%
AETNA PPO $340.82 ↑ +80%
AETNA HMO $340.82 ↑ +80%
HORIZON HMO $340.96 ↑ +80%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $342.71 ↑ +81%
HORIZON SHP $344.90 ↑ +82%
CIGNA PPO $346.37 ↑ +83%
CIGNA HMO $346.37 ↑ +83%
HORIZON PPO $349.12 ↑ +85%
HORIZON FEDERAL $349.12 ↑ +85%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $358.00 ↑ +89%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $358.00 ↑ +89%
QUALCARE HMO $408.00 ↑ +116%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital —

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Psychotherapy patient individual therapy 30 minutes at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Carrier Clinic Belle Mead $180.80 $68.21 – $328.80
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $86.52 $88.66 – $351.18
Saint Barnabas Behavioral Health Center Toms River $118.53 $70.34 – $175.59
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $97.68 $88.66 – $360.52
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $91.69 $88.66 – $358.72
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $110.50 $131.00 – $242.46
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $96.02 $88.66 – $360.52
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $95.79 $88.66 – $376.53

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