Blood typing patient serum 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

$69.95

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.

$292.00

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.

$16.34 with SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP vs $292.00 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
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $16.34 ↓ -77%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.34 ↓ -77%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $19.13 ↓ -73%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $20.43 ↓ -71%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.73 ↓ -69%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $55.96 ↓ -20%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $69.95 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $69.95 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $69.95 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $69.95 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $69.95 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $69.95 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $70.74 ↑ +1%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $73.29 ↑ +5%
CIGNA HMO $73.37 ↑ +5%
CIGNA PPO $73.37 ↑ +5%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $73.45 ↑ +5%
AETNA PPO $130.37 ↑ +86%
AETNA HMO $130.37 ↑ +86%
AETNA ASA $130.37 ↑ +86%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $146.00 ↑ +109%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $164.98 ↑ +136%
HORIZON OMNIA $191.23 ↑ +173%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $201.07 ↑ +187%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $204.40 ↑ +192%
HORIZON PIP $219.00 ↑ +213%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $219.00 ↑ +213%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $230.68 ↑ +230%
CIGNA BH $233.60 ↑ +234%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $248.20 ↑ +255%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $248.20 ↑ +255%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $248.20 ↑ +255%
QUALCARE HMO $257.54 ↑ +268%
QUALCARE PPO $257.54 ↑ +268%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $257.54 ↑ +268%
HORIZON HMO $278.10 ↑ +298%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $279.53 ↑ +300%
HORIZON SHP $281.31 ↑ +302%
HORIZON PPO $284.76 ↑ +307%
HORIZON FEDERAL $284.76 ↑ +307%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $292.00 ↑ +317%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $292.00 ↑ +317%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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