Ventilator each subsequent day 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

$778.55

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.

$2,008.00

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.

$106.97 with KARNA vs $2,008.00 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.

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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 $106.97 ↓ -86%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $361.44 ↓ -54%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $504.01 ↓ -35%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $566.00 ↓ -27%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $574.29 ↓ -26%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $622.84 ↓ -20%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $724.69 ↓ -7%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $778.55 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $778.55 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $778.55 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $778.55 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $778.55 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $778.55 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $794.00 ↑ +2%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $817.48 ↑ +5%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $993.96 ↑ +28%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,315.04 ↑ +69%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $1,382.71 ↑ +78%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,405.60 ↑ +81%
HORIZON PIP $1,506.00 ↑ +93%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,506.00 ↑ +93%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $1,586.32 ↑ +104%
CIGNA BH $1,606.40 ↑ +106%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,706.80 ↑ +119%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $1,706.80 ↑ +119%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,706.80 ↑ +119%
QUALCARE HMO $1,771.06 ↑ +127%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,771.06 ↑ +127%
QUALCARE PPO $1,771.06 ↑ +127%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,807.20 ↑ +132%
AETNA ASA $1,911.62 ↑ +146%
AETNA PPO $1,911.62 ↑ +146%
AETNA HMO $1,911.62 ↑ +146%
HORIZON HMO $1,912.42 ↑ +146%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,922.26 ↑ +147%
HORIZON SHP $1,934.51 ↑ +148%
CIGNA HMO $1,942.74 ↑ +150%
CIGNA PPO $1,942.74 ↑ +150%
HORIZON PPO $1,958.20 ↑ +152%
HORIZON FEDERAL $1,958.20 ↑ +152%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $2,008.00 ↑ +158%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $2,008.00 ↑ +158%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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