Assay of estrogen 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

$87.88

Cash price

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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.

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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.

$26.17 with HORIZON 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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $26.17 ↓ -70%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $70.30 ↓ -20%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $87.88 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $87.88 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $87.88 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $87.88 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $87.88 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $87.88 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $87.88 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $87.88 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $87.88 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $87.88 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $92.27 ↑ +5%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $109.85 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $116.88 ↑ +33%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $202.96 ↑ +131%
CIGNA PPO $394.62 ↑ +349%
CIGNA HMO $394.62 ↑ +349%
AETNA PPO $882.72 ↑ +904%
AETNA ASA $882.72 ↑ +904%
AETNA HMO $882.72 ↑ +904%

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Assay of estrogen at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $87.88 $87.88 – $402.70
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $87.88 $17.60 – $402.70
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $87.88 $17.60 – $413.58
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $87.88 $70.30 – $402.70
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $87.88 $28.86 – $402.70
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $87.88 $39.60 – $402.70
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $87.88 $20.24 – $402.70
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $87.88 $87.88 – $402.70

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