Pt application of modality >=1 area ultrasound each 15 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

$17.72

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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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$150.00

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.

$14.18 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $406.00 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
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $14.18 ↓ -20%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.72 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $17.72 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.72 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.72 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $17.72 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $17.72 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.72 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.72 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.61 ↑ +5%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24.27 ↑ +37%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $27.00 ↑ +52%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $37.65 ↑ +112%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $42.90 ↑ +142%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $54.05 ↑ +205%
HORIZON OMNIA $98.24 ↑ +454%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $103.29 ↑ +483%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $105.00 ↑ +493%
HORIZON PIP $112.50 ↑ +535%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $118.50 ↑ +569%
CIGNA BH $120.00 ↑ +577%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $127.50 ↑ +620%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $127.50 ↑ +620%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $127.50 ↑ +620%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $132.30 ↑ +647%
QUALCARE PPO $132.30 ↑ +647%
QUALCARE HMO $132.30 ↑ +647%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $135.00 ↑ +662%
AETNA ASA $141.26 ↑ +697%
AETNA PPO $141.26 ↑ +697%
AETNA HMO $141.26 ↑ +697%
HORIZON HMO $142.86 ↑ +706%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $143.60 ↑ +710%
HORIZON SHP $144.51 ↑ +716%
HORIZON PPO $146.28 ↑ +726%
HORIZON FEDERAL $146.28 ↑ +726%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $150.00 ↑ +747%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $150.00 ↑ +747%
CIGNA PPO $238.00 ↑ +1243%
CIGNA HMO $238.00 ↑ +1243%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $291.00 ↑ +1542%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $346.00 ↑ +1853%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $406.00 ↑ +2191%

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Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $57.00 $237.00 – $394.00
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $17.72 $17.72 – $447.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $17.72 $17.72 – $525.00
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Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $17.72 $14.18 – $561.00
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $17.72 $10.36 – $558.00
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $17.72 $17.72 – $471.00
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $17.72 $17.72 – $464.00

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