Cytopathology cervical/vaginal thin layer auto screen/manual rescreen/review 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

$26.61

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.

$433.00

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.

$21.29 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $351.15 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 $21.29 ↓ -20%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $21.59 ↓ -19%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $26.61 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $26.61 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $26.61 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $26.61 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $26.61 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $26.61 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $26.61 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $26.61 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $26.61 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $26.61 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $27.94 ↑ +5%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $32.88 ↑ +24%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $33.26 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.39 ↑ +33%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $61.46 ↑ +131%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $65.50 ↑ +146%
HORIZON OMNIA $85.79 ↑ +222%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $90.21 ↑ +239%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $91.70 ↑ +245%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $98.25 ↑ +269%
HORIZON PIP $98.25 ↑ +269%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $103.49 ↑ +289%
CIGNA BH $104.80 ↑ +294%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $111.35 ↑ +318%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $111.35 ↑ +318%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $111.35 ↑ +318%
QUALCARE PPO $115.54 ↑ +334%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $115.54 ↑ +334%
QUALCARE HMO $115.54 ↑ +334%
CIGNA HMO $119.49 ↑ +349%
CIGNA PPO $119.49 ↑ +349%
HORIZON HMO $124.76 ↑ +369%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $125.41 ↑ +371%
HORIZON SHP $126.21 ↑ +374%
HORIZON FEDERAL $127.75 ↑ +380%
HORIZON PPO $127.75 ↑ +380%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $131.00 ↑ +392%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $131.00 ↑ +392%
AETNA PPO $351.15 ↑ +1220%
AETNA HMO $351.15 ↑ +1220%
AETNA ASA $351.15 ↑ +1220%

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