Acetylcholinesterase assay 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

$12.29

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.

$161.00

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.

$9.83 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $161.00 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
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $9.83 ↓ -20%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.29 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $12.29 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.29 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.29 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $12.29 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $12.29 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.29 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $12.29 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.29 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.29 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.90 ↑ +5%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $15.36 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.35 ↑ +33%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $20.81 ↑ +69%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $40.41 ↑ +229%
CIGNA PPO $55.19 ↑ +349%
CIGNA HMO $55.19 ↑ +349%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $80.50 ↑ +555%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $90.97 ↑ +640%
HORIZON OMNIA $105.44 ↑ +758%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $110.86 ↑ +802%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $112.70 ↑ +817%
HORIZON PIP $120.75 ↑ +883%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $120.75 ↑ +883%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $127.19 ↑ +935%
CIGNA BH $128.80 ↑ +948%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $136.85 ↑ +1014%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $136.85 ↑ +1014%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $136.85 ↑ +1014%
QUALCARE PPO $142.00 ↑ +1055%
QUALCARE HMO $142.00 ↑ +1055%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $142.00 ↑ +1055%
AETNA HMO $153.05 ↑ +1145%
AETNA ASA $153.05 ↑ +1145%
AETNA PPO $153.05 ↑ +1145%
HORIZON HMO $153.34 ↑ +1148%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $154.13 ↑ +1154%
HORIZON SHP $155.11 ↑ +1162%
HORIZON PPO $157.01 ↑ +1178%
HORIZON FEDERAL $157.01 ↑ +1178%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $161.00 ↑ +1210%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $161.00 ↑ +1210%

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