Assay of lap enzyme 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

$9.81

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.

$57.00

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.

$3.43 with HORIZON vs $112.49 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 $3.43 ↓ -65%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $7.85 ↓ -20%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $9.81 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.81 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $9.81 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $9.81 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.81 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.81 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $9.81 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.81 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.81 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.81 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.30 ↑ +5%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $12.26 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.05 ↑ +33%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $14.31 ↑ +46%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $28.50 ↑ +191%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $32.21 ↑ +228%
HORIZON OMNIA $37.33 ↑ +281%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $39.25 ↑ +300%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $39.90 ↑ +307%
HORIZON PIP $42.75 ↑ +336%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $42.75 ↑ +336%
CIGNA HMO $44.05 ↑ +349%
CIGNA PPO $44.05 ↑ +349%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $45.03 ↑ +359%
CIGNA BH $45.60 ↑ +365%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $48.45 ↑ +394%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $48.45 ↑ +394%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $48.45 ↑ +394%
QUALCARE PPO $50.27 ↑ +412%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $50.27 ↑ +412%
QUALCARE HMO $50.27 ↑ +412%
HORIZON HMO $54.29 ↑ +453%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $54.57 ↑ +456%
HORIZON SHP $54.91 ↑ +460%
HORIZON FEDERAL $55.59 ↑ +467%
HORIZON PPO $55.59 ↑ +467%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $57.00 ↑ +481%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $57.00 ↑ +481%
AETNA PPO $112.49 ↑ +1047%
AETNA HMO $112.49 ↑ +1047%
AETNA ASA $112.49 ↑ +1047%

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