Choline c-11 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

$2,062.94

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.

$15,015.00

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.

$1,650.35 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $14,642.63 with HORIZON — 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 $1,650.35 ↓ -20%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,062.94 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,062.94 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,062.94 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,062.94 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $2,062.94 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,062.94 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,166.09 ↑ +5%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,702.70 ↑ +31%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $3,768.77 ↑ +83%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $4,294.29 ↑ +108%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,444.44 ↑ +115%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $6,932.43 ↑ +236%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $7,701.19 ↑ +273%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $8,483.48 ↑ +311%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,483.48 ↑ +311%
HORIZON OMNIA $9,833.32 ↑ +377%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,339.33 ↑ +401%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $10,510.50 ↑ +409%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $11,261.25 ↑ +446%
HORIZON PIP $11,261.25 ↑ +446%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $11,861.85 ↑ +475%
CIGNA BH $12,012.00 ↑ +482%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $12,762.75 ↑ +519%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $12,762.75 ↑ +519%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $12,762.75 ↑ +519%
QUALCARE HMO $13,243.23 ↑ +542%
QUALCARE PPO $13,243.23 ↑ +542%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $13,243.23 ↑ +542%
AETNA ASA $13,363.35 ↑ +548%
AETNA PPO $13,363.35 ↑ +548%
AETNA HMO $13,363.35 ↑ +548%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $13,513.50 ↑ +555%
HORIZON HMO $14,300.29 ↑ +593%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $14,373.86 ↑ +597%
HORIZON SHP $14,465.45 ↑ +601%
CIGNA HMO $14,527.01 ↑ +604%
CIGNA PPO $14,527.01 ↑ +604%
HORIZON FEDERAL $14,642.63 ↑ +610%
HORIZON PPO $14,642.63 ↑ +610%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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