Chromo high res and frag x - sendout 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

$57.04

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.

$1,032.00

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.

$45.63 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $569.83 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 $45.63 ↓ -20%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $57.04 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $57.04 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $57.04 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $57.04 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $57.04 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $57.04 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $57.04 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $57.04 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $57.04 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $57.04 ↑ +0%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $58.99 ↑ +3%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $59.89 ↑ +5%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $71.30 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $75.86 ↑ +33%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $116.33 ↑ +104%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $117.50 ↑ +106%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $132.78 ↑ +133%
HORIZON OMNIA $153.90 ↑ +170%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $161.82 ↑ +184%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $164.50 ↑ +188%
HORIZON PIP $176.25 ↑ +209%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $176.25 ↑ +209%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $185.65 ↑ +225%
CIGNA BH $188.00 ↑ +230%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $199.75 ↑ +250%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $199.75 ↑ +250%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $199.75 ↑ +250%
QUALCARE HMO $207.27 ↑ +263%
QUALCARE PPO $207.27 ↑ +263%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $207.27 ↑ +263%
HORIZON HMO $223.81 ↑ +292%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $224.97 ↑ +294%
HORIZON SHP $226.40 ↑ +297%
HORIZON FEDERAL $229.17 ↑ +302%
HORIZON PPO $229.17 ↑ +302%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $235.00 ↑ +312%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $235.00 ↑ +312%
CIGNA HMO $256.14 ↑ +349%
CIGNA PPO $256.14 ↑ +349%
AETNA PPO $569.83 ↑ +899%
AETNA HMO $569.83 ↑ +899%
AETNA ASA $569.83 ↑ +899%

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