Brachy src stranded c-131 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

$127.02

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.

$1,696.32

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.

$101.62 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $1,654.25 with HORIZON — 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 $101.62 ↓ -20%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $118.35 ↓ -7%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $127.02 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $127.02 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $127.02 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $127.02 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $133.37 ↑ +5%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $305.34 ↑ +140%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $763.34 ↑ +501%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $763.34 ↑ +501%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $831.20 ↑ +554%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $832.72 ↑ +556%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $848.16 ↑ +568%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $865.46 ↑ +581%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $868.52 ↑ +584%
CIGNA HMO $902.44 ↑ +610%
CIGNA PPO $902.44 ↑ +610%
QUALCARE PPO $909.23 ↑ +616%
QUALCARE HMO $909.23 ↑ +616%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $909.23 ↑ +616%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $925.34 ↑ +628%
HORIZON PIP $932.98 ↑ +635%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $932.98 ↑ +635%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $983.87 ↑ +675%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,017.79 ↑ +701%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,102.61 ↑ +768%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $1,102.61 ↑ +768%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,110.92 ↑ +775%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,153.50 ↑ +808%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,187.42 ↑ +835%
AETNA ASA $1,190.82 ↑ +838%
AETNA HMO $1,190.82 ↑ +838%
AETNA PPO $1,190.82 ↑ +838%
CIGNA BH $1,357.06 ↑ +968%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,441.87 ↑ +1035%
HORIZON HMO $1,615.58 ↑ +1172%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,623.89 ↑ +1178%
HORIZON SHP $1,634.23 ↑ +1187%
HORIZON PPO $1,654.25 ↑ +1202%
HORIZON FEDERAL $1,654.25 ↑ +1202%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital —
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital —

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