Chloride 24 hour urine 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

$5.75

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.

$83.00

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.

$4.46 with HORIZON vs $68.93 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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $4.46 ↓ -22%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $4.60 ↓ -20%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $5.75 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.75 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $5.75 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $5.75 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.75 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.75 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $5.75 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.75 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.75 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.75 ↑ +0%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $5.77 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.04 ↑ +5%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $7.19 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.65 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $11.50 ↑ +100%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $13.00 ↑ +126%
HORIZON OMNIA $15.06 ↑ +162%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $15.84 ↑ +175%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $16.10 ↑ +180%
HORIZON PIP $17.25 ↑ +200%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $17.25 ↑ +200%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $18.17 ↑ +216%
CIGNA BH $18.40 ↑ +220%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $19.55 ↑ +240%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $19.55 ↑ +240%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $19.55 ↑ +240%
QUALCARE HMO $20.29 ↑ +253%
QUALCARE PPO $20.29 ↑ +253%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $20.29 ↑ +253%
HORIZON HMO $21.91 ↑ +281%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $22.02 ↑ +283%
HORIZON SHP $22.16 ↑ +285%
HORIZON FEDERAL $22.43 ↑ +290%
HORIZON PPO $22.43 ↑ +290%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $23.00 ↑ +300%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $23.00 ↑ +300%
CIGNA HMO $25.82 ↑ +349%
CIGNA PPO $25.82 ↑ +349%
AETNA PPO $68.93 ↑ +1099%
AETNA HMO $68.93 ↑ +1099%
AETNA ASA $68.93 ↑ +1099%

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