Bld prd mix 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

$201.80

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.

$188.00

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.

$44.60 with HORIZON vs $271.93 with KARNA — 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 $44.60 ↓ -78%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $47.19 ↓ -77%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $53.77 ↓ -73%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $94.00 ↓ -53%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $106.22 ↓ -47%
HORIZON OMNIA $123.12 ↓ -39%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $129.46 ↓ -36%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $131.60 ↓ -35%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $141.00 ↓ -30%
HORIZON PIP $141.00 ↓ -30%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $148.52 ↓ -26%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $148.52 ↓ -26%
CIGNA BH $150.40 ↓ -25%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $159.80 ↓ -21%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $159.80 ↓ -21%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $159.80 ↓ -21%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $161.44 ↓ -20%
QUALCARE HMO $165.82 ↓ -18%
QUALCARE PPO $165.82 ↓ -18%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $165.82 ↓ -18%
AETNA HMO $178.98 ↓ -11%
AETNA ASA $178.98 ↓ -11%
AETNA PPO $178.98 ↓ -11%
HORIZON HMO $179.05 ↓ -11%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $179.97 ↓ -11%
HORIZON SHP $181.12 ↓ -10%
CIGNA PPO $181.89 ↓ -10%
CIGNA HMO $181.89 ↓ -10%
HORIZON FEDERAL $183.34 ↓ -9%
HORIZON PPO $183.34 ↓ -9%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $188.00 ↓ -7%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $188.00 ↓ -7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $197.52 ↓ -2%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $201.80 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $201.80 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $201.80 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $201.80 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $201.80 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $201.80 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $211.89 ↑ +5%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $271.93 ↑ +35%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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