Cmptr ophth img optic nerve 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

$69.95

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.

$142.00

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.

$25.56 with CLOVER vs $4,994.00 with OXFORD — 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $25.56 ↓ -63%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $28.78 ↓ -59%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $35.64 ↓ -49%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $40.61 ↓ -42%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $51.78 ↓ -26%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $51.78 ↓ -26%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $55.96 ↓ -20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $63.84 ↓ -9%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $69.95 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $69.95 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $69.95 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $69.95 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $69.95 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $69.95 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $70.74 ↑ +1%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $73.45 ↑ +5%
HORIZON OMNIA $93.00 ↑ +33%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $97.78 ↑ +40%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $99.40 ↑ +42%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $106.50 ↑ +52%
HORIZON PIP $106.50 ↑ +52%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $112.18 ↑ +60%
CIGNA BH $113.60 ↑ +62%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $120.70 ↑ +73%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $120.70 ↑ +73%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $120.70 ↑ +73%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $125.24 ↑ +79%
QUALCARE HMO $125.24 ↑ +79%
QUALCARE PPO $125.24 ↑ +79%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $127.80 ↑ +83%
AETNA ASA $135.18 ↑ +93%
AETNA PPO $135.18 ↑ +93%
AETNA HMO $135.18 ↑ +93%
HORIZON HMO $135.24 ↑ +93%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $135.94 ↑ +94%
HORIZON SHP $136.80 ↑ +96%
CIGNA PPO $137.39 ↑ +96%
CIGNA HMO $137.39 ↑ +96%
HORIZON FEDERAL $138.48 ↑ +98%
HORIZON PPO $138.48 ↑ +98%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $4,925.00 ↑ +6941%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $4,994.00 ↑ +7039%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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