Assay toxin or antitoxin 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

$19.74

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.

$63.00

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.

$15.79 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $270.53 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 $15.79 ↓ -20%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $15.81 ↓ -20%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $19.74 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.74 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $19.74 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $19.74 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.74 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.74 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $19.74 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.74 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.74 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.74 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.73 ↑ +5%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $24.68 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $26.25 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $31.50 ↑ +60%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $35.60 ↑ +80%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $40.14 ↑ +103%
HORIZON OMNIA $41.26 ↑ +109%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $43.38 ↑ +120%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $44.10 ↑ +123%
HORIZON PIP $47.25 ↑ +139%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $47.25 ↑ +139%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $49.77 ↑ +152%
CIGNA BH $50.40 ↑ +155%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $53.55 ↑ +171%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $53.55 ↑ +171%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $53.55 ↑ +171%
QUALCARE HMO $55.57 ↑ +182%
QUALCARE PPO $55.57 ↑ +182%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $55.57 ↑ +182%
HORIZON HMO $60.00 ↑ +204%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $60.31 ↑ +206%
HORIZON SHP $60.69 ↑ +207%
HORIZON FEDERAL $61.44 ↑ +211%
HORIZON PPO $61.44 ↑ +211%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $63.00 ↑ +219%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $63.00 ↑ +219%
CIGNA HMO $88.64 ↑ +349%
CIGNA PPO $88.64 ↑ +349%
AETNA PPO $270.53 ↑ +1270%
AETNA HMO $270.53 ↑ +1270%
AETNA ASA $270.53 ↑ +1270%

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