Release of foot tendon 28225 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

$3,821.05

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$4,642.00

Gross charge

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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.

$577.67 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

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 $577.67 ↓ -85%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $835.56 ↓ -78%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,165.14 ↓ -70%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,327.61 ↓ -65%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,728.00 ↓ -29%
HORIZON OMNIA $3,040.05 ↓ -20%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $3,056.84 ↓ -20%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $3,249.40 ↓ -15%
HORIZON PIP $3,481.50 ↓ -9%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $3,481.50 ↓ -9%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $3,548.00 ↓ -7%
CIGNA BH $3,713.60 ↓ -3%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,743.15 ↓ -2%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,821.05 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,821.05 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,821.05 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,821.05 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3,821.05 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,821.05 ↑ +0%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $3,945.70 ↑ +3%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $3,945.70 ↑ +3%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $3,945.70 ↑ +3%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,012.10 ↑ +5%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $4,131.38 ↑ +8%
QUALCARE PPO $4,131.38 ↑ +8%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $4,177.80 ↑ +9%
CIGNA PPO $4,221.43 ↑ +10%
CIGNA HMO $4,221.43 ↑ +10%
HORIZON HMO $4,421.04 ↑ +16%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $4,443.79 ↑ +16%
HORIZON SHP $4,472.10 ↑ +17%
HORIZON PPO $4,526.88 ↑ +18%
HORIZON FEDERAL $4,526.88 ↑ +18%
QUALCARE HMO $7,712.00 ↑ +102%
AETNA PPO $7,773.00 ↑ +103%
AETNA HMO $7,773.00 ↑ +103%
AETNA ASA $7,773.00 ↑ +103%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,013.00 ↑ +110%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,904.00 ↑ +133%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $9,571.00 ↑ +150%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $11,528.00 ↑ +202%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +340%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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