Chromosome karyotype study 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

$33.47

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.

$165.00

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.

$26.78 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $343.86 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 $26.78 ↓ -20%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $33.47 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $33.47 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $33.47 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $33.47 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $33.47 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $33.47 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $33.47 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $33.47 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $33.47 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $33.47 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.14 ↑ +5%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $41.42 ↑ +24%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $41.84 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $44.52 ↑ +33%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $57.12 ↑ +71%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $77.30 ↑ +131%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $82.50 ↑ +146%
HORIZON OMNIA $108.06 ↑ +223%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $113.62 ↑ +239%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $115.50 ↑ +245%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $123.75 ↑ +270%
HORIZON PIP $123.75 ↑ +270%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $130.35 ↑ +289%
CIGNA BH $132.00 ↑ +294%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $140.25 ↑ +319%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $140.25 ↑ +319%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $140.25 ↑ +319%
QUALCARE PPO $145.53 ↑ +335%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $145.53 ↑ +335%
QUALCARE HMO $145.53 ↑ +335%
CIGNA HMO $150.30 ↑ +349%
CIGNA PPO $150.30 ↑ +349%
HORIZON HMO $157.15 ↑ +370%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $157.95 ↑ +372%
HORIZON SHP $158.96 ↑ +375%
HORIZON FEDERAL $160.91 ↑ +381%
HORIZON PPO $160.91 ↑ +381%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $165.00 ↑ +393%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $165.00 ↑ +393%
AETNA PPO $343.86 ↑ +927%
AETNA HMO $343.86 ↑ +927%
AETNA ASA $343.86 ↑ +927%

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