Cystatin c 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

$18.52

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.

$94.00

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.

$13.31 with HORIZON vs $186.31 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 $13.31 ↓ -28%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $14.82 ↓ -20%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $18.52 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.52 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $18.52 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $18.52 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.52 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.52 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $18.52 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.52 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.52 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.52 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.45 ↑ +5%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $23.15 ↑ +25%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $23.59 ↑ +27%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24.63 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $47.00 ↑ +154%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $53.11 ↑ +187%
HORIZON OMNIA $61.56 ↑ +232%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $64.73 ↑ +250%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $65.80 ↑ +255%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $70.50 ↑ +281%
HORIZON PIP $70.50 ↑ +281%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $74.26 ↑ +301%
CIGNA BH $75.20 ↑ +306%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $79.90 ↑ +331%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $79.90 ↑ +331%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $79.90 ↑ +331%
QUALCARE PPO $82.91 ↑ +348%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $82.91 ↑ +348%
QUALCARE HMO $82.91 ↑ +348%
CIGNA HMO $83.16 ↑ +349%
CIGNA PPO $83.16 ↑ +349%
HORIZON HMO $89.53 ↑ +383%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $89.99 ↑ +386%
HORIZON SHP $90.56 ↑ +389%
HORIZON FEDERAL $91.67 ↑ +395%
HORIZON PPO $91.67 ↑ +395%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $94.00 ↑ +408%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $94.00 ↑ +408%
AETNA PPO $186.31 ↑ +906%
AETNA HMO $186.31 ↑ +906%
AETNA ASA $186.31 ↑ +906%

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