#afb mycobacteria suscep. #1 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

$7.31

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.

$44.00

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.

$0.98 with HORIZON vs $77.42 with AETNA — 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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $0.98 ↓ -87%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $5.85 ↓ -20%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $7.31 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.31 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $7.31 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $7.31 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.31 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.31 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $7.31 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.31 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.31 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.31 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.68 ↑ +5%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $9.14 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.72 ↑ +33%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $11.04 ↑ +51%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $22.00 ↑ +201%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $24.86 ↑ +240%
HORIZON OMNIA $28.82 ↑ +294%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $30.30 ↑ +315%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $30.80 ↑ +321%
CIGNA HMO $32.83 ↑ +349%
CIGNA PPO $32.83 ↑ +349%
HORIZON PIP $33.00 ↑ +351%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $33.00 ↑ +351%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $34.76 ↑ +376%
CIGNA BH $35.20 ↑ +382%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $37.40 ↑ +412%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $37.40 ↑ +412%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $37.40 ↑ +412%
QUALCARE PPO $38.81 ↑ +431%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $38.81 ↑ +431%
QUALCARE HMO $38.81 ↑ +431%
HORIZON HMO $41.91 ↑ +473%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $42.12 ↑ +476%
HORIZON SHP $42.39 ↑ +480%
HORIZON FEDERAL $42.91 ↑ +487%
HORIZON PPO $42.91 ↑ +487%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $44.00 ↑ +502%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $44.00 ↑ +502%
AETNA PPO $77.42 ↑ +959%
AETNA HMO $77.42 ↑ +959%
AETNA ASA $77.42 ↑ +959%

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#afb mycobacteria suscep. #1 at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $7.31 $7.31 – $33.50
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $7.31 $0.80 – $33.50
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $7.31 $0.80 – $34.40
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $7.31 $5.85 – $33.50
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $7.31 $1.08 – $33.50
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $7.31 $7.31 – $33.50
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $7.31 $0.76 – $33.50
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $7.31 $7.31 – $33.50

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