Revision of colostomy 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

$4,311.38

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.

$8,909.00

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.

$1,352.39 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 $1,352.39 ↓ -69%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,603.62 ↓ -63%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $2,236.16 ↓ -48%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,547.97 ↓ -41%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,728.00 ↓ -37%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $3,449.10 ↓ -20%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $3,548.00 ↓ -18%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,148.81 ↓ -4%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,311.38 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,311.38 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,311.38 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,311.38 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $4,311.38 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $4,311.38 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,526.95 ↑ +5%
HORIZON OMNIA $5,834.50 ↑ +35%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $6,236.30 ↑ +45%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $6,681.75 ↑ +55%
HORIZON PIP $6,681.75 ↑ +55%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $7,057.81 ↑ +64%
CIGNA BH $7,127.20 ↑ +65%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $7,572.65 ↑ +76%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $7,572.65 ↑ +76%
QUALCARE HMO $7,712.00 ↑ +79%
AETNA ASA $7,773.00 ↑ +80%
AETNA PPO $7,773.00 ↑ +80%
AETNA HMO $7,773.00 ↑ +80%
QUALCARE PPO $7,929.01 ↑ +84%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $7,929.01 ↑ +84%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,013.00 ↑ +86%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $8,018.10 ↑ +86%
CIGNA HMO $8,101.84 ↑ +88%
CIGNA PPO $8,101.84 ↑ +88%
HORIZON HMO $8,484.93 ↑ +97%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $8,528.59 ↑ +98%
HORIZON SHP $8,582.93 ↑ +99%
HORIZON PPO $8,688.06 ↑ +102%
HORIZON FEDERAL $8,688.06 ↑ +102%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,904.00 ↑ +107%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $13,088.00 ↑ +204%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $15,823.00 ↑ +267%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +290%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Revision of colostomy at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $64.55 – $8,002.00
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $55.78 – $8,214.64
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $57.12 – $7,961.99
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $55.10 – $8,173.57
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $66.44 – $8,214.64
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $60.48 – $8,579.65
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $110.21 – $8,063.84
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $4,052.18 $4,052.18 – $4,862.62

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