Aquatic exercise - group charge 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

$22.65

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.

$178.00

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.

$18.12 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $406.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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 $18.12 ↓ -20%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $22.65 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $22.65 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $22.65 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $22.65 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $22.65 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $22.65 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $22.65 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $22.65 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $23.78 ↑ +5%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $31.11 ↑ +37%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $32.04 ↑ +41%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $44.68 ↑ +97%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $50.91 ↑ +125%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $54.05 ↑ +139%
HORIZON OMNIA $116.57 ↑ +415%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $122.57 ↑ +441%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $124.60 ↑ +450%
HORIZON PIP $133.50 ↑ +489%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $140.62 ↑ +521%
CIGNA BH $142.40 ↑ +529%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $151.30 ↑ +568%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $151.30 ↑ +568%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $151.30 ↑ +568%
QUALCARE PPO $157.00 ↑ +593%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $157.00 ↑ +593%
QUALCARE HMO $157.00 ↑ +593%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $160.20 ↑ +607%
HORIZON HMO $169.53 ↑ +648%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $170.40 ↑ +652%
HORIZON SHP $171.49 ↑ +657%
HORIZON FEDERAL $173.59 ↑ +666%
HORIZON PPO $173.59 ↑ +666%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $178.00 ↑ +686%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $178.00 ↑ +686%
AETNA ASA $192.31 ↑ +749%
AETNA PPO $192.31 ↑ +749%
AETNA HMO $192.31 ↑ +749%
CIGNA PPO $238.00 ↑ +951%
CIGNA HMO $238.00 ↑ +951%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $291.00 ↑ +1185%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $346.00 ↑ +1428%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $406.00 ↑ +1692%

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