Aspa gene 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

$47.25

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.

$1,057.00

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.

$37.80 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $472.03 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 $37.80 ↓ -20%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $47.25 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $47.25 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $47.25 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $47.25 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $47.25 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $47.25 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $47.25 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $47.25 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $47.25 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $47.25 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $49.61 ↑ +5%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $50.45 ↑ +7%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $59.06 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $62.84 ↑ +33%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $99.50 ↑ +111%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $100.50 ↑ +113%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $113.57 ↑ +140%
HORIZON OMNIA $131.63 ↑ +179%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $138.41 ↑ +193%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $140.70 ↑ +198%
HORIZON PIP $150.75 ↑ +219%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $150.75 ↑ +219%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $158.79 ↑ +236%
CIGNA BH $160.80 ↑ +240%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $170.85 ↑ +262%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $170.85 ↑ +262%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $170.85 ↑ +262%
QUALCARE HMO $177.28 ↑ +275%
QUALCARE PPO $177.28 ↑ +275%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $177.28 ↑ +275%
HORIZON HMO $191.43 ↑ +305%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $192.42 ↑ +307%
HORIZON SHP $193.64 ↑ +310%
HORIZON FEDERAL $196.02 ↑ +315%
HORIZON PPO $196.02 ↑ +315%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $201.00 ↑ +325%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $201.00 ↑ +325%
CIGNA HMO $212.18 ↑ +349%
CIGNA PPO $212.18 ↑ +349%
AETNA PPO $472.03 ↑ +899%
AETNA HMO $472.03 ↑ +899%
AETNA ASA $472.03 ↑ +899%

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