Tbs techl calculation only 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

$103.69

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$259.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$19.45 with HORIZON vs $255.47 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $19.45 ↓ -81%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $46.62 ↓ -55%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $65.01 ↓ -37%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $74.07 ↓ -29%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $82.95 ↓ -20%
AETNA ASA $99.58 ↓ -4%
AETNA PPO $99.58 ↓ -4%
AETNA HMO $99.58 ↓ -4%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $103.69 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.69 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.69 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.69 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $103.69 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.69 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $105.08 ↑ +1%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $108.88 ↑ +5%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $129.50 ↑ +25%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $149.55 ↑ +44%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $149.55 ↑ +44%
HORIZON OMNIA $169.62 ↑ +64%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $178.35 ↑ +72%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $181.30 ↑ +75%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $194.25 ↑ +87%
HORIZON PIP $194.25 ↑ +87%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $204.61 ↑ +97%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $204.61 ↑ +97%
CIGNA BH $207.20 ↑ +100%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $220.15 ↑ +112%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $220.15 ↑ +112%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $220.15 ↑ +112%
QUALCARE PPO $228.44 ↑ +120%
QUALCARE HMO $228.44 ↑ +120%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $228.44 ↑ +120%
HORIZON HMO $246.67 ↑ +138%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $247.94 ↑ +139%
HORIZON SHP $249.52 ↑ +141%
CIGNA PPO $250.58 ↑ +142%
CIGNA HMO $250.58 ↑ +142%
HORIZON PPO $252.58 ↑ +144%
HORIZON FEDERAL $252.58 ↑ +144%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $255.47 ↑ +146%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Tbs techl calculation only at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $97.46 $53.98 – $223.67
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $96.23 $53.98 – $149.18
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $97.54 $88.05 – $236.88
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $97.46 $53.98 – $146.61
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $103.69 $21.46 – $223.67
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $97.54 $29.43 – $223.67
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $97.46 $18.31 – $223.67
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $96.23 $53.98 – $149.18

All New-jersey hospitals for this procedure →