St treatment swallow dysfunction/oral 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

$107.20

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.

$392.00

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.

$54.05 with HORIZON 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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $54.05 ↓ -50%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $70.56 ↓ -34%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $85.76 ↓ -20%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $98.39 ↓ -8%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $107.20 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $107.20 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $107.20 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $107.20 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $107.20 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $107.20 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $107.20 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $107.20 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $112.11 ↑ +5%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $112.56 ↑ +5%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $146.61 ↑ +37%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $212.00 ↑ +98%
CIGNA PPO $238.00 ↑ +122%
CIGNA HMO $238.00 ↑ +122%
HORIZON OMNIA $256.72 ↑ +139%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $269.93 ↑ +152%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $274.40 ↑ +156%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $294.00 ↑ +174%
HORIZON PIP $294.00 ↑ +174%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $309.68 ↑ +189%
CIGNA BH $313.60 ↑ +193%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $333.20 ↑ +211%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $333.20 ↑ +211%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $333.20 ↑ +211%
QUALCARE HMO $345.74 ↑ +223%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $345.74 ↑ +223%
QUALCARE PPO $345.74 ↑ +223%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $352.80 ↑ +229%
AETNA PPO $373.18 ↑ +248%
AETNA HMO $373.18 ↑ +248%
AETNA ASA $373.18 ↑ +248%
HORIZON HMO $373.34 ↑ +248%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $375.26 ↑ +250%
HORIZON SHP $377.65 ↑ +252%
HORIZON PPO $382.28 ↑ +257%
HORIZON FEDERAL $382.28 ↑ +257%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $392.00 ↑ +266%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $392.00 ↑ +266%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $406.00 ↑ +279%

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