Alpha-fetoprotein afp-l3 frac & total 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

$64.41

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.

$211.00

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.

$51.53 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $882.72 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
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $51.53 ↓ -20%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $52.96 ↓ -18%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $64.41 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $64.41 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $64.41 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $64.41 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $64.41 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $64.41 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $64.41 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $64.41 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $64.41 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $64.41 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $67.63 ↑ +5%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $80.51 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $85.67 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $105.50 ↑ +64%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $119.22 ↑ +85%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $133.79 ↑ +108%
HORIZON OMNIA $138.18 ↑ +115%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $145.29 ↑ +126%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $147.70 ↑ +129%
HORIZON PIP $158.25 ↑ +146%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $158.25 ↑ +146%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $166.69 ↑ +159%
CIGNA BH $168.80 ↑ +162%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $179.35 ↑ +178%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $179.35 ↑ +178%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $179.35 ↑ +178%
QUALCARE HMO $186.10 ↑ +189%
QUALCARE PPO $186.10 ↑ +189%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $186.10 ↑ +189%
HORIZON HMO $200.96 ↑ +212%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $201.99 ↑ +214%
HORIZON SHP $203.28 ↑ +216%
HORIZON FEDERAL $205.77 ↑ +219%
HORIZON PPO $205.77 ↑ +219%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $211.00 ↑ +228%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $211.00 ↑ +228%
CIGNA HMO $289.23 ↑ +349%
CIGNA PPO $289.23 ↑ +349%
AETNA PPO $882.72 ↑ +1270%
AETNA HMO $882.72 ↑ +1270%
AETNA ASA $882.72 ↑ +1270%

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