Bhv id assmt by phys/qhp 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

$108.93

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.

$206.00

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.

$28.18 with KARNA vs $1,673.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $28.18 ↓ -74%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $37.08 ↓ -66%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $51.71 ↓ -53%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $58.92 ↓ -46%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $87.15 ↓ -20%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $101.97 ↓ -6%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.08 ↓ -5%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $108.93 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $108.93 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $108.93 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $108.93 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $108.93 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $108.93 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $114.38 ↑ +5%
HORIZON OMNIA $134.91 ↑ +24%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $141.85 ↑ +30%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $144.20 ↑ +32%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $154.50 ↑ +42%
HORIZON PIP $154.50 ↑ +42%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $162.74 ↑ +49%
CIGNA BH $164.80 ↑ +51%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $175.10 ↑ +61%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $175.10 ↑ +61%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $175.10 ↑ +61%
QUALCARE PPO $181.69 ↑ +67%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $181.69 ↑ +67%
QUALCARE HMO $181.69 ↑ +67%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $185.40 ↑ +70%
AETNA ASA $196.11 ↑ +80%
AETNA HMO $196.11 ↑ +80%
AETNA PPO $196.11 ↑ +80%
HORIZON HMO $196.19 ↑ +80%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $197.20 ↑ +81%
HORIZON SHP $198.46 ↑ +82%
CIGNA PPO $199.31 ↑ +83%
CIGNA HMO $199.31 ↑ +83%
HORIZON PPO $200.89 ↑ +84%
HORIZON FEDERAL $200.89 ↑ +84%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $206.00 ↑ +89%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $206.00 ↑ +89%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,635.00 ↑ +1401%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,673.00 ↑ +1436%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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