Stenger test pure tone 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

$69.95

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.

$221.00

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.

$38.21 with KARNA vs $487.00 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $38.21 ↓ -45%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $39.78 ↓ -43%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $55.47 ↓ -21%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $55.96 ↓ -20%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $63.21 ↓ -10%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $69.95 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $69.95 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $69.95 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $69.95 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $69.95 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $69.95 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $70.74 ↑ +1%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $73.45 ↑ +5%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $109.40 ↑ +56%
HORIZON OMNIA $144.73 ↑ +107%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $152.18 ↑ +118%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $154.70 ↑ +121%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $165.75 ↑ +137%
HORIZON PIP $165.75 ↑ +137%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $174.59 ↑ +150%
CIGNA BH $176.80 ↑ +153%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $187.85 ↑ +169%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $187.85 ↑ +169%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $187.85 ↑ +169%
QUALCARE PPO $194.92 ↑ +179%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $194.92 ↑ +179%
QUALCARE HMO $194.92 ↑ +179%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $198.90 ↑ +184%
AETNA ASA $210.39 ↑ +201%
AETNA HMO $210.39 ↑ +201%
AETNA PPO $210.39 ↑ +201%
HORIZON HMO $210.48 ↑ +201%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $211.56 ↑ +202%
HORIZON SHP $212.91 ↑ +204%
CIGNA PPO $213.82 ↑ +206%
CIGNA HMO $213.82 ↑ +206%
HORIZON PPO $215.52 ↑ +208%
HORIZON FEDERAL $215.52 ↑ +208%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $221.00 ↑ +216%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $221.00 ↑ +216%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $485.00 ↑ +593%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $487.00 ↑ +596%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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