Drug assay caffeine 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

$38.57

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.

$107.00

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.

$11.48 with HORIZON vs $193.81 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 $11.48 ↓ -70%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $26.86 ↓ -30%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $30.86 ↓ -20%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $38.57 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $38.57 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $38.57 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $38.57 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $38.57 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $38.57 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $38.57 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $38.57 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $38.57 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $38.57 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $40.50 ↑ +5%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $48.21 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $51.30 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $53.50 ↑ +39%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $60.46 ↑ +57%
HORIZON OMNIA $70.07 ↑ +82%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $73.68 ↑ +91%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $74.90 ↑ +94%
HORIZON PIP $80.25 ↑ +108%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $80.25 ↑ +108%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $84.53 ↑ +119%
CIGNA BH $85.60 ↑ +122%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $90.95 ↑ +136%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $90.95 ↑ +136%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $90.95 ↑ +136%
QUALCARE HMO $94.37 ↑ +145%
QUALCARE PPO $94.37 ↑ +145%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $94.37 ↑ +145%
HORIZON HMO $101.91 ↑ +164%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $102.43 ↑ +166%
HORIZON SHP $103.08 ↑ +167%
HORIZON FEDERAL $104.35 ↑ +171%
HORIZON PPO $104.35 ↑ +171%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $107.00 ↑ +177%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $107.00 ↑ +177%
CIGNA HMO $173.20 ↑ +349%
CIGNA PPO $173.20 ↑ +349%
AETNA PPO $193.81 ↑ +402%
AETNA HMO $193.81 ↑ +402%
AETNA ASA $193.81 ↑ +402%

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