Dimethyl sulfoxide 50% 50 ml 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

$742.90

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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.

$3,725.20

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.

$599.08 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $3,352.68 with BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN — 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 $599.08 ↓ -19%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $670.54 ↓ -10%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $706.17 ↓ -5%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $742.90 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $742.90 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $742.90 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $742.90 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $780.05 ↑ +5%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $905.49 ↑ +22%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,219.26 ↑ +64%
CIGNA HMO $1,262.84 ↑ +70%
CIGNA PPO $1,262.84 ↑ +70%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,354.48 ↑ +82%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,381.30 ↑ +86%
AETNA ASA $1,594.39 ↑ +115%
AETNA HMO $1,594.39 ↑ +115%
AETNA PPO $1,594.39 ↑ +115%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,676.34 ↑ +126%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,676.34 ↑ +126%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,825.35 ↑ +146%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $1,862.60 ↑ +151%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,862.60 ↑ +151%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $1,937.10 ↑ +161%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $2,104.74 ↑ +183%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $2,104.74 ↑ +183%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $2,235.12 ↑ +201%
HORIZON OMNIA $2,242.20 ↑ +202%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,421.38 ↑ +226%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $2,421.38 ↑ +226%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $2,565.17 ↑ +245%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,607.64 ↑ +251%
HORIZON PIP $2,793.90 ↑ +276%
CIGNA BH $2,980.16 ↑ +301%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $3,166.42 ↑ +326%
HORIZON HMO $3,260.67 ↑ +339%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $3,277.80 ↑ +341%
QUALCARE PPO $3,285.63 ↑ +342%
QUALCARE HMO $3,285.63 ↑ +342%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $3,285.63 ↑ +342%
HORIZON SHP $3,297.55 ↑ +344%
HORIZON FEDERAL $3,338.90 ↑ +349%
HORIZON PPO $3,338.90 ↑ +349%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $3,352.68 ↑ +351%

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