Cryptosporidium antigen 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

$11.98

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.

$141.00

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.

$9.28 with HORIZON vs $150.75 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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $9.28 ↓ -23%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $9.58 ↓ -20%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $11.98 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.98 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $11.98 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $11.98 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.98 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.98 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $11.98 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.98 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.98 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.98 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.58 ↑ +5%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $14.98 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.93 ↑ +33%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $35.39 ↑ +195%
CIGNA PPO $53.80 ↑ +349%
CIGNA HMO $53.80 ↑ +349%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $70.50 ↑ +488%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $79.67 ↑ +565%
HORIZON OMNIA $92.34 ↑ +671%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $97.09 ↑ +710%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $98.70 ↑ +724%
HORIZON PIP $105.75 ↑ +783%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $105.75 ↑ +783%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $111.39 ↑ +830%
CIGNA BH $112.80 ↑ +842%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $119.85 ↑ +900%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $119.85 ↑ +900%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $119.85 ↑ +900%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $124.36 ↑ +938%
QUALCARE HMO $124.36 ↑ +938%
QUALCARE PPO $124.36 ↑ +938%
HORIZON HMO $134.29 ↑ +1021%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $134.98 ↑ +1027%
HORIZON SHP $135.84 ↑ +1034%
HORIZON FEDERAL $137.50 ↑ +1048%
HORIZON PPO $137.50 ↑ +1048%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $141.00 ↑ +1077%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $141.00 ↑ +1077%
AETNA PPO $150.75 ↑ +1158%
AETNA ASA $150.75 ↑ +1158%
AETNA HMO $150.75 ↑ +1158%

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