Beta-2 microglobulin 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

$16.18

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.

$110.00

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.

$11.04 with AETNA vs $221.68 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $11.04 ↓ -32%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $12.94 ↓ -20%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $16.18 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.18 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $16.18 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $16.18 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.18 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.18 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $16.18 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.18 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.18 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.18 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.99 ↑ +5%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $20.23 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.52 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $22.00 ↑ +36%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $24.86 ↑ +54%
HORIZON OMNIA $28.82 ↑ +78%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $30.30 ↑ +87%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $30.80 ↑ +90%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $33.00 ↑ +104%
HORIZON PIP $33.00 ↑ +104%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $34.76 ↑ +115%
CIGNA BH $35.20 ↑ +118%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $36.42 ↑ +125%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $37.40 ↑ +131%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $37.40 ↑ +131%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $37.40 ↑ +131%
QUALCARE HMO $38.81 ↑ +140%
QUALCARE PPO $38.81 ↑ +140%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $38.81 ↑ +140%
HORIZON HMO $41.91 ↑ +159%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $42.12 ↑ +160%
HORIZON SHP $42.39 ↑ +162%
HORIZON FEDERAL $42.91 ↑ +165%
HORIZON PPO $42.91 ↑ +165%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $44.00 ↑ +172%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $44.00 ↑ +172%
CIGNA HMO $72.66 ↑ +349%
CIGNA PPO $72.66 ↑ +349%
AETNA PPO $221.68 ↑ +1270%
AETNA HMO $221.68 ↑ +1270%
AETNA ASA $221.68 ↑ +1270%

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