Tympanic membrane repair at Hackensack University Medical Center
30 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1457456279
$1,744.44
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$7,066.00
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$618.13 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $618.13 | ↓ -65% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,271.88 | ↓ -27% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,395.56 | ↓ -20% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,744.44 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,744.44 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,744.44 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,744.44 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,744.44 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,744.44 | ↑ +0% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,763.60 | ↑ +1% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,773.57 | ↑ +2% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,831.67 | ↑ +5% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,020.88 | ↑ +16% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $2,728.00 | ↑ +56% |
| LHP HEALTH | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,548.00 | ↑ +103% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $4,627.52 | ↑ +165% |
| INTERGROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,946.20 | ↑ +184% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $5,299.50 | ↑ +204% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $5,299.50 | ↑ +204% |
| CIGNA | BH | $5,652.80 | ↑ +224% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $6,006.10 | ↑ +244% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $6,006.10 | ↑ +244% |
| CHN | ALL PRODUCTS | $6,006.10 | ↑ +244% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $6,288.74 | ↑ +261% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $6,288.74 | ↑ +261% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $6,359.40 | ↑ +265% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $6,425.82 | ↑ +268% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $6,425.82 | ↑ +268% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $6,729.66 | ↑ +286% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $6,764.28 | ↑ +288% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $6,807.38 | ↑ +290% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $6,890.76 | ↑ +295% |
| HORIZON | FEDERAL | $6,890.76 | ↑ +295% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $7,712.00 | ↑ +342% |
| AETNA | ASA | $7,773.00 | ↑ +346% |
| AETNA | PPO | $7,773.00 | ↑ +346% |
| AETNA | HMO | $7,773.00 | ↑ +346% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $8,013.00 | ↑ +359% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $8,904.00 | ↑ +410% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,571.00 | ↑ +449% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $11,528.00 | ↑ +561% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $16,802.00 | ↑ +863% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Tympanic membrane repair at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $5,855.00 | $39.65 – $3,237.72 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $6,839.00 | $55.78 – $3,323.76 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $3,786.00 | $57.12 – $3,221.53 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $3,986.00 | $55.10 – $3,307.14 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $4,881.00 | $40.81 – $3,323.76 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $5,339.00 | $51.31 – $3,471.44 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $5,419.00 | $110.21 – $3,262.74 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $1,639.57 | $1,639.57 – $1,967.48 |