Allergen alpha lactalbumin ige 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

$17.93

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.

$175.00

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.

$11.30 with AETNA vs $221.18 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $11.30 ↓ -37%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $13.17 ↓ -27%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $14.34 ↓ -20%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.93 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $17.93 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $17.93 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $17.93 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.93 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.93 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $17.93 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.93 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.93 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.93 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.83 ↑ +5%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $22.41 ↑ +25%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $22.50 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $23.85 ↑ +33%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $25.43 ↑ +42%
HORIZON OMNIA $29.47 ↑ +64%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $30.99 ↑ +73%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $31.50 ↑ +76%
HORIZON PIP $33.75 ↑ +88%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $33.75 ↑ +88%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $35.55 ↑ +98%
CIGNA BH $36.00 ↑ +101%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $38.25 ↑ +113%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $38.25 ↑ +113%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $38.25 ↑ +113%
QUALCARE HMO $39.69 ↑ +121%
QUALCARE PPO $39.69 ↑ +121%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $39.69 ↑ +121%
HORIZON HMO $42.86 ↑ +139%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $43.08 ↑ +140%
HORIZON SHP $43.35 ↑ +142%
HORIZON FEDERAL $43.88 ↑ +145%
HORIZON PPO $43.88 ↑ +145%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $45.00 ↑ +151%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $45.00 ↑ +151%
CIGNA HMO $80.51 ↑ +349%
CIGNA PPO $80.51 ↑ +349%
AETNA PPO $221.18 ↑ +1134%
AETNA HMO $221.18 ↑ +1134%
AETNA ASA $221.18 ↑ +1134%

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