Brcassure comprehensive panel-sendout 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

$1,824.88

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.

$5,055.00

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.

$1,268.81 with AETNA vs $25,007.57 with AETNA — 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,268.81 ↓ -30%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $1,459.90 ↓ -20%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,824.88 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,824.88 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,824.88 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $1,824.88 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,824.88 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,824.88 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,824.88 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,824.88 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,824.88 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,824.88 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,916.12 ↑ +5%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $2,281.10 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,427.09 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $2,527.50 ↑ +39%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $2,856.08 ↑ +57%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,956.59 ↑ +62%
HORIZON OMNIA $3,310.52 ↑ +81%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $3,480.87 ↑ +91%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $3,538.50 ↑ +94%
HORIZON PIP $3,791.25 ↑ +108%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $3,791.25 ↑ +108%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $3,993.45 ↑ +119%
CIGNA BH $4,044.00 ↑ +122%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $4,296.75 ↑ +135%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $4,296.75 ↑ +135%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $4,296.75 ↑ +135%
QUALCARE HMO $4,458.51 ↑ +144%
QUALCARE PPO $4,458.51 ↑ +144%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $4,458.51 ↑ +144%
HORIZON HMO $4,814.38 ↑ +164%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $4,839.15 ↑ +165%
HORIZON SHP $4,869.99 ↑ +167%
HORIZON FEDERAL $4,929.64 ↑ +170%
HORIZON PPO $4,929.64 ↑ +170%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $5,055.00 ↑ +177%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $5,055.00 ↑ +177%
CIGNA HMO $8,194.61 ↑ +349%
CIGNA PPO $8,194.61 ↑ +349%
AETNA PPO $25,007.57 ↑ +1270%
AETNA HMO $25,007.57 ↑ +1270%
AETNA ASA $25,007.57 ↑ +1270%

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