Ultrasound dx ophth b-scan 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

$125.23

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.

$440.00

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.

$65.17 with CIGNA vs $429.09 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
CIGNA HMO $65.17 ↓ -48%
CIGNA PPO $65.17 ↓ -48%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $79.20 ↓ -37%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $89.20 ↓ -29%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $91.09 ↓ -27%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $100.19 ↓ -20%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $110.44 ↓ -12%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.23 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.23 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $125.23 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.23 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $125.23 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.23 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $125.84 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $127.14 ↑ +2%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $131.49 ↑ +5%
AETNA ASA $137.39 ↑ +10%
AETNA HMO $137.39 ↑ +10%
AETNA PPO $137.39 ↑ +10%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $181.46 ↑ +45%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $181.46 ↑ +45%
HORIZON OMNIA $288.16 ↑ +130%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $302.98 ↑ +142%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $308.00 ↑ +146%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $330.00 ↑ +164%
HORIZON PIP $330.00 ↑ +164%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $336.99 ↑ +169%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $337.00 ↑ +169%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $347.60 ↑ +178%
CIGNA BH $352.00 ↑ +181%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $374.00 ↑ +199%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $374.00 ↑ +199%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $374.00 ↑ +199%
QUALCARE PPO $388.08 ↑ +210%
QUALCARE HMO $388.08 ↑ +210%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $388.08 ↑ +210%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $396.00 ↑ +216%
HORIZON HMO $419.06 ↑ +235%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $421.21 ↑ +236%
HORIZON SHP $423.90 ↑ +238%
HORIZON FEDERAL $429.09 ↑ +243%
HORIZON PPO $429.09 ↑ +243%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $95.17 $31.94 – $249.21
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $117.70 $66.50 – $295.04
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $116.22 $66.50 – $295.04
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Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $117.81 $66.50 – $295.04
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $117.70 $66.50 – $295.04

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