Borrelia antibody 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

$13.38

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.

$328.00

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.

$10.70 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $328.00 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
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $10.70 ↓ -20%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $11.27 ↓ -16%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.38 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.38 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $13.38 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.38 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $13.38 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $13.38 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.38 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $13.38 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.38 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.38 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.05 ↑ +5%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $16.73 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.80 ↑ +33%
CIGNA HMO $60.08 ↑ +349%
CIGNA PPO $60.08 ↑ +349%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $82.33 ↑ +515%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $164.00 ↑ +1126%
AETNA PPO $183.32 ↑ +1270%
AETNA HMO $183.32 ↑ +1270%
AETNA ASA $183.32 ↑ +1270%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $185.32 ↑ +1285%
HORIZON OMNIA $214.81 ↑ +1505%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $225.86 ↑ +1588%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $229.60 ↑ +1616%
HORIZON PIP $246.00 ↑ +1739%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $246.00 ↑ +1739%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $259.12 ↑ +1837%
CIGNA BH $262.40 ↑ +1861%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $278.80 ↑ +1984%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $278.80 ↑ +1984%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $278.80 ↑ +1984%
QUALCARE HMO $289.30 ↑ +2062%
QUALCARE PPO $289.30 ↑ +2062%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $289.30 ↑ +2062%
HORIZON HMO $312.39 ↑ +2235%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $313.99 ↑ +2247%
HORIZON SHP $316.00 ↑ +2262%
HORIZON FEDERAL $319.87 ↑ +2291%
HORIZON PPO $319.87 ↑ +2291%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $328.00 ↑ +2351%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $328.00 ↑ +2351%

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