#cmvcul-virus inoculation shell 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

$19.56

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.

$277.00

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.

$13.55 with AETNA vs $268.03 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $13.55 ↓ -31%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $15.65 ↓ -20%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $16.37 ↓ -16%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.56 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $19.56 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $19.56 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $19.56 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.56 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.56 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $19.56 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.56 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.56 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.56 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.54 ↑ +5%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $24.45 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $26.01 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $27.00 ↑ +38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $30.51 ↑ +56%
HORIZON OMNIA $35.36 ↑ +81%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $37.18 ↑ +90%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $37.80 ↑ +93%
HORIZON PIP $40.50 ↑ +107%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $40.50 ↑ +107%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $42.66 ↑ +118%
CIGNA BH $43.20 ↑ +121%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $45.90 ↑ +135%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $45.90 ↑ +135%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $45.90 ↑ +135%
QUALCARE HMO $47.63 ↑ +144%
QUALCARE PPO $47.63 ↑ +144%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $47.63 ↑ +144%
HORIZON HMO $51.43 ↑ +163%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $51.69 ↑ +164%
HORIZON SHP $52.02 ↑ +166%
HORIZON FEDERAL $52.66 ↑ +169%
HORIZON PPO $52.66 ↑ +169%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $54.00 ↑ +176%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $54.00 ↑ +176%
CIGNA HMO $87.83 ↑ +349%
CIGNA PPO $87.83 ↑ +349%
AETNA PPO $268.03 ↑ +1270%
AETNA HMO $268.03 ↑ +1270%
AETNA ASA $268.03 ↑ +1270%

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Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $19.56 $19.56 – $89.63
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