Culture afb any source 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

$10.80

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.

$118.00

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.

$8.64 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $148.05 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 $8.64 ↓ -20%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $8.92 ↓ -17%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $10.80 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.80 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $10.80 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $10.80 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.80 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.80 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $10.80 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.80 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.80 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.80 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.34 ↑ +5%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $13.50 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.36 ↑ +33%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $29.62 ↑ +174%
CIGNA PPO $48.50 ↑ +349%
CIGNA HMO $48.50 ↑ +349%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $59.00 ↑ +446%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $66.67 ↑ +517%
HORIZON OMNIA $77.28 ↑ +616%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $81.25 ↑ +652%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $82.60 ↑ +665%
HORIZON PIP $88.50 ↑ +719%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $88.50 ↑ +719%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $93.22 ↑ +763%
CIGNA BH $94.40 ↑ +774%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $100.30 ↑ +829%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $100.30 ↑ +829%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $100.30 ↑ +829%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $104.08 ↑ +864%
QUALCARE HMO $104.08 ↑ +864%
QUALCARE PPO $104.08 ↑ +864%
HORIZON HMO $112.38 ↑ +941%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $112.96 ↑ +946%
HORIZON SHP $113.68 ↑ +953%
HORIZON FEDERAL $115.07 ↑ +965%
HORIZON PPO $115.07 ↑ +965%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $118.00 ↑ +993%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $118.00 ↑ +993%
AETNA PPO $148.05 ↑ +1271%
AETNA ASA $148.05 ↑ +1271%
AETNA HMO $148.05 ↑ +1271%

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