Ventilator initial day at Hackensack University Medical Center
30 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1457456279
$778.55
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.
$2,349.00
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.
$151.75 with KARNA vs $2,349.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $151.75 | ↓ -81% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $422.82 | ↓ -46% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $566.00 | ↓ -27% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $589.60 | ↓ -24% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MANAGED MEDICAID | $622.84 | ↓ -20% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $671.81 | ↓ -14% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $724.69 | ↓ -7% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $778.55 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $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% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $794.00 | ↑ +2% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $817.48 | ↑ +5% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,162.76 | ↑ +49% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $1,538.36 | ↑ +98% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $1,617.52 | ↑ +108% |
| INTERGROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,644.30 | ↑ +111% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $1,761.75 | ↑ +126% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,761.75 | ↑ +126% |
| LHP HEALTH | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,855.71 | ↑ +138% |
| CIGNA | BH | $1,879.20 | ↑ +141% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,996.65 | ↑ +156% |
| CHN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,996.65 | ↑ +156% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,996.65 | ↑ +156% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $2,071.82 | ↑ +166% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $2,071.82 | ↑ +166% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $2,071.82 | ↑ +166% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,114.10 | ↑ +172% |
| AETNA | ASA | $2,236.25 | ↑ +187% |
| AETNA | PPO | $2,236.25 | ↑ +187% |
| AETNA | HMO | $2,236.25 | ↑ +187% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $2,237.19 | ↑ +187% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $2,248.70 | ↑ +189% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $2,263.03 | ↑ +191% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $2,272.66 | ↑ +192% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $2,272.66 | ↑ +192% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $2,290.74 | ↑ +194% |
| HORIZON | FEDERAL | $2,290.74 | ↑ +194% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $2,349.00 | ↑ +202% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $2,349.00 | ↑ +202% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Ventilator initial day at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $598.38 | $45.27 – $1,445.00 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $721.51 | $81.52 – $1,483.40 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $661.19 | $83.49 – $1,437.78 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $566.46 | $80.54 – $1,475.98 |
| Childrens Specialized Hospital | Mountainside | $284.00 | $394.00 – $394.00 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $709.26 | $46.60 – $1,483.40 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $662.46 | $58.58 – $1,549.31 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $697.53 | $161.08 – $1,456.18 |