Calprotectin fecal 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

$19.63

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.

$919.00

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.

$15.70 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $269.03 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
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $15.70 ↓ -20%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $16.31 ↓ -17%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $19.63 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.63 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $19.63 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $19.63 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.63 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.63 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $19.63 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.63 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.63 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.63 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.61 ↑ +5%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $24.54 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $26.11 ↑ +33%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $62.25 ↑ +217%
CIGNA PPO $88.15 ↑ +349%
CIGNA HMO $88.15 ↑ +349%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $124.00 ↑ +532%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $140.12 ↑ +614%
HORIZON OMNIA $162.42 ↑ +727%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $170.77 ↑ +770%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $173.60 ↑ +784%
HORIZON PIP $186.00 ↑ +848%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $186.00 ↑ +848%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $195.92 ↑ +898%
CIGNA BH $198.40 ↑ +911%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $210.80 ↑ +974%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $210.80 ↑ +974%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $210.80 ↑ +974%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $218.74 ↑ +1014%
QUALCARE HMO $218.74 ↑ +1014%
QUALCARE PPO $218.74 ↑ +1014%
HORIZON HMO $236.20 ↑ +1103%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $237.41 ↑ +1109%
HORIZON SHP $238.92 ↑ +1117%
HORIZON FEDERAL $241.85 ↑ +1132%
HORIZON PPO $241.85 ↑ +1132%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $248.00 ↑ +1163%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $248.00 ↑ +1163%
AETNA PPO $269.03 ↑ +1271%
AETNA ASA $269.03 ↑ +1271%
AETNA HMO $269.03 ↑ +1271%

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