Acute hepatitis panel 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

$47.63

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.

$660.00

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.

$38.10 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $660.00 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 $38.10 ↓ -20%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $47.63 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $47.63 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $47.63 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $47.63 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $47.63 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $47.63 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $47.63 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $47.63 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $47.63 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $47.63 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $49.06 ↑ +3%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $50.01 ↑ +5%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $59.54 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $63.35 ↑ +33%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $165.66 ↑ +248%
CIGNA PPO $213.88 ↑ +349%
CIGNA HMO $213.88 ↑ +349%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $330.00 ↑ +593%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $372.90 ↑ +683%
HORIZON OMNIA $432.23 ↑ +807%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $454.48 ↑ +854%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $462.00 ↑ +870%
HORIZON PIP $495.00 ↑ +939%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $495.00 ↑ +939%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $521.40 ↑ +995%
CIGNA BH $528.00 ↑ +1009%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $561.00 ↑ +1078%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $561.00 ↑ +1078%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $561.00 ↑ +1078%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $582.12 ↑ +1122%
QUALCARE HMO $582.12 ↑ +1122%
QUALCARE PPO $582.12 ↑ +1122%
HORIZON HMO $628.58 ↑ +1220%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $631.82 ↑ +1227%
HORIZON SHP $635.84 ↑ +1235%
HORIZON FEDERAL $643.63 ↑ +1251%
HORIZON PPO $643.63 ↑ +1251%
AETNA PPO $652.75 ↑ +1270%
AETNA ASA $652.75 ↑ +1270%
AETNA HMO $652.75 ↑ +1270%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $660.00 ↑ +1286%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $660.00 ↑ +1286%

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