Car ion chnnlpath inc 2 gns 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

$584.90

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.

$5,668.00

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.

$467.92 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $8,015.28 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 $467.92 ↓ -20%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $477.13 ↓ -18%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $505.77 ↓ -14%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $584.90 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $584.90 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $584.90 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $584.90 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $584.90 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $584.90 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $584.90 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $584.90 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $584.90 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $584.90 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $614.15 ↑ +5%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $731.13 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $777.92 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,007.50 ↑ +72%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,138.48 ↑ +95%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,319.62 ↑ +126%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $1,387.53 ↑ +137%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,410.50 ↑ +141%
HORIZON PIP $1,511.25 ↑ +158%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,511.25 ↑ +158%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,591.85 ↑ +172%
CIGNA BH $1,612.00 ↑ +176%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,712.75 ↑ +193%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $1,712.75 ↑ +193%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,712.75 ↑ +193%
QUALCARE HMO $1,777.23 ↑ +204%
QUALCARE PPO $1,777.23 ↑ +204%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,777.23 ↑ +204%
HORIZON HMO $1,919.09 ↑ +228%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,928.96 ↑ +230%
HORIZON SHP $1,941.25 ↑ +232%
HORIZON FEDERAL $1,965.03 ↑ +236%
HORIZON PPO $1,965.03 ↑ +236%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $2,015.00 ↑ +245%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $2,015.00 ↑ +245%
CIGNA HMO $2,626.49 ↑ +349%
CIGNA PPO $2,626.49 ↑ +349%
AETNA PPO $8,015.28 ↑ +1270%
AETNA HMO $8,015.28 ↑ +1270%
AETNA ASA $8,015.28 ↑ +1270%

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