Creatine kinase mb 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

$11.55

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.

$120.00

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.

$9.24 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $100.50 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 $9.24 ↓ -20%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $11.15 ↓ -3%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $11.55 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.55 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $11.55 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $11.55 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.55 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.55 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $11.55 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.55 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.55 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.55 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.13 ↑ +5%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $14.44 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.36 ↑ +33%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $18.83 ↑ +63%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $37.50 ↑ +225%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $42.38 ↑ +267%
HORIZON OMNIA $49.12 ↑ +325%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $51.65 ↑ +347%
CIGNA HMO $51.87 ↑ +349%
CIGNA PPO $51.87 ↑ +349%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $52.50 ↑ +355%
HORIZON PIP $56.25 ↑ +387%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $56.25 ↑ +387%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $59.25 ↑ +413%
CIGNA BH $60.00 ↑ +419%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $63.75 ↑ +452%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $63.75 ↑ +452%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $63.75 ↑ +452%
QUALCARE PPO $66.15 ↑ +473%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $66.15 ↑ +473%
QUALCARE HMO $66.15 ↑ +473%
HORIZON HMO $71.43 ↑ +518%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $71.80 ↑ +522%
HORIZON SHP $72.26 ↑ +526%
HORIZON FEDERAL $73.14 ↑ +533%
HORIZON PPO $73.14 ↑ +533%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $75.00 ↑ +549%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $75.00 ↑ +549%
AETNA PPO $100.50 ↑ +770%
AETNA HMO $100.50 ↑ +770%
AETNA ASA $100.50 ↑ +770%

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