Application of body cast 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

$312.76

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.

$631.00

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.

$113.58 with CLOVER vs $16,802.00 with HORIZON — 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $113.58 ↓ -64%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $158.38 ↓ -49%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $180.47 ↓ -42%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $250.21 ↓ -20%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $310.57 ↓ -1%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $312.76 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $312.76 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $312.76 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $312.76 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $312.76 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $312.76 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $328.40 ↑ +5%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $347.63 ↑ +11%
HORIZON OMNIA $413.24 ↑ +32%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $441.70 ↑ +41%
HORIZON PIP $473.25 ↑ +51%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $473.25 ↑ +51%
CIGNA BH $504.80 ↑ +61%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $517.42 ↑ +65%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $536.35 ↑ +71%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $536.35 ↑ +71%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $536.35 ↑ +71%
QUALCARE PPO $561.59 ↑ +80%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $561.59 ↑ +80%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $567.90 ↑ +82%
CIGNA PPO $573.83 ↑ +83%
CIGNA HMO $573.83 ↑ +83%
HORIZON HMO $600.96 ↑ +92%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $604.06 ↑ +93%
HORIZON SHP $607.91 ↑ +94%
HORIZON FEDERAL $615.35 ↑ +97%
HORIZON PPO $615.35 ↑ +97%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,728.00 ↑ +772%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $3,205.00 ↑ +925%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $3,756.00 ↑ +1101%
QUALCARE HMO $7,712.00 ↑ +2366%
AETNA ASA $7,773.00 ↑ +2385%
AETNA PPO $7,773.00 ↑ +2385%
AETNA HMO $7,773.00 ↑ +2385%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,013.00 ↑ +2462%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,904.00 ↑ +2747%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +5272%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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