Assay of lrh hormone 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

$17.19

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.

$275.00

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.

$13.75 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $275.00 with AMERIHEALTH — 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 $13.75 ↓ -20%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.19 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $17.19 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.19 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.19 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $17.19 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $17.19 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.19 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $17.19 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.19 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.19 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.05 ↑ +5%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $21.49 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $22.86 ↑ +33%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $25.27 ↑ +47%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $69.03 ↑ +302%
CIGNA PPO $77.19 ↑ +349%
CIGNA HMO $77.19 ↑ +349%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $137.50 ↑ +700%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $155.38 ↑ +804%
HORIZON OMNIA $180.10 ↑ +948%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $189.37 ↑ +1002%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $192.50 ↑ +1020%
HORIZON PIP $206.25 ↑ +1100%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $206.25 ↑ +1100%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $217.25 ↑ +1164%
CIGNA BH $220.00 ↑ +1180%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $233.75 ↑ +1260%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $233.75 ↑ +1260%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $233.75 ↑ +1260%
AETNA HMO $235.56 ↑ +1270%
AETNA PPO $235.56 ↑ +1270%
AETNA ASA $235.56 ↑ +1270%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $242.55 ↑ +1311%
QUALCARE HMO $242.55 ↑ +1311%
QUALCARE PPO $242.55 ↑ +1311%
HORIZON HMO $261.91 ↑ +1424%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $263.26 ↑ +1431%
HORIZON SHP $264.94 ↑ +1441%
HORIZON FEDERAL $268.18 ↑ +1460%
HORIZON PPO $268.18 ↑ +1460%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $275.00 ↑ +1500%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $275.00 ↑ +1500%

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