Ultrasound guidance for vascular access at Hackensack University Medical Center
30 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1457456279
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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.
$703.00
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.
$43.11 with HORIZON vs $703.00 with AMERIHEALTH — 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 |
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| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $43.11 | — |
| AETNA | PPO | $58.95 | — |
| AETNA | HMO | $58.95 | — |
| AETNA | ASA | $58.95 | — |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $73.45 | — |
| CIGNA | PPO | $87.14 | — |
| CIGNA | HMO | $87.14 | — |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $126.54 | — |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MANAGED MEDICAID | $154.66 | — |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $176.45 | — |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $201.06 | — |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $208.09 | — |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $460.39 | — |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $484.09 | — |
| INTERGROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $492.10 | — |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $507.28 | — |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $516.49 | — |
| HORIZON | PIP | $527.25 | — |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $527.25 | — |
| LHP HEALTH | ALL PRODUCTS | $555.37 | — |
| CIGNA | BH | $562.40 | — |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $597.55 | — |
| CHN | ALL PRODUCTS | $597.55 | — |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $597.55 | — |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $620.05 | — |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $620.05 | — |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $620.05 | — |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $632.70 | — |
| HORIZON | HMO | $669.54 | — |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $672.98 | — |
| HORIZON | SHP | $677.27 | — |
| HORIZON | FEDERAL | $685.57 | — |
| HORIZON | PPO | $685.57 | — |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $703.00 | — |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $703.00 | — |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
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Ultrasound guidance for vascular access at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $115.62 | $19.85 – $257.78 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $129.68 | $33.18 – $69.84 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $127.75 | $33.18 – $64.10 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $126.30 | $33.18 – $69.84 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $127.47 | $20.43 – $69.84 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $128.00 | $25.69 – $67.85 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $134.78 | $44.24 – $65.98 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton | Hamilton Township | $104.07 | $47.56 – $64.10 |