Apheresis platelets 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

$514.85

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.

$5,865.00

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.

$220.90 with KARNA vs $7,773.00 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $220.90 ↓ -57%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $411.88 ↓ -20%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $502.01 ↓ -2%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $514.85 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $514.85 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $514.85 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $514.85 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $514.85 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $514.85 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $540.59 ↑ +5%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,055.70 ↑ +105%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,472.12 ↑ +186%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,677.39 ↑ +226%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,903.18 ↑ +464%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $2,932.50 ↑ +470%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $3,313.73 ↑ +544%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $3,548.00 ↑ +589%
HORIZON OMNIA $3,840.99 ↑ +646%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $4,038.64 ↑ +684%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $4,105.50 ↑ +697%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $4,398.75 ↑ +754%
HORIZON PIP $4,398.75 ↑ +754%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $4,633.35 ↑ +800%
CIGNA BH $4,692.00 ↑ +811%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $4,985.25 ↑ +868%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $4,985.25 ↑ +868%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $4,985.25 ↑ +868%
QUALCARE PPO $5,172.93 ↑ +905%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,172.93 ↑ +905%
QUALCARE HMO $5,172.93 ↑ +905%
HORIZON HMO $5,585.83 ↑ +985%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $5,614.56 ↑ +991%
HORIZON SHP $5,650.34 ↑ +997%
CIGNA HMO $5,674.39 ↑ +1002%
CIGNA PPO $5,674.39 ↑ +1002%
HORIZON PPO $5,719.55 ↑ +1011%
HORIZON FEDERAL $5,719.55 ↑ +1011%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $5,865.00 ↑ +1039%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $5,865.00 ↑ +1039%
AETNA PPO $7,773.00 ↑ +1410%
AETNA HMO $7,773.00 ↑ +1410%
AETNA ASA $7,773.00 ↑ +1410%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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