Cell enumeration & id 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

$250.78

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.

$756.00

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.

$189.76 with AETNA vs $3,367.03 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $189.76 ↓ -24%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $200.62 ↓ -20%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $250.78 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $250.78 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $250.78 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $250.78 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $250.78 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $250.78 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $250.78 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $250.78 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $250.78 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $250.78 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $263.32 ↑ +5%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $313.48 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $333.54 ↑ +33%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $374.22 ↑ +49%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $378.00 ↑ +51%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $427.14 ↑ +70%
HORIZON OMNIA $495.10 ↑ +97%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $520.58 ↑ +108%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $529.20 ↑ +111%
HORIZON PIP $567.00 ↑ +126%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $567.00 ↑ +126%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $597.24 ↑ +138%
CIGNA BH $604.80 ↑ +141%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $642.60 ↑ +156%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $642.60 ↑ +156%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $642.60 ↑ +156%
QUALCARE HMO $666.79 ↑ +166%
QUALCARE PPO $666.79 ↑ +166%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $666.79 ↑ +166%
HORIZON HMO $720.01 ↑ +187%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $723.72 ↑ +189%
HORIZON SHP $728.33 ↑ +190%
HORIZON FEDERAL $737.25 ↑ +194%
HORIZON PPO $737.25 ↑ +194%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $756.00 ↑ +201%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $756.00 ↑ +201%
CIGNA HMO $1,126.13 ↑ +349%
CIGNA PPO $1,126.13 ↑ +349%
AETNA PPO $3,367.03 ↑ +1243%
AETNA HMO $3,367.03 ↑ +1243%
AETNA ASA $3,367.03 ↑ +1243%

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