E coli 0157 ag ia 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

$12.66

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.

$175.00

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.

$9.28 with HORIZON vs $175.00 with AMERIHEALTH — 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 $9.28 ↓ -27%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $10.13 ↓ -20%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $12.66 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.66 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $12.66 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $12.66 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.66 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.66 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $12.66 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.66 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.66 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.66 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.29 ↑ +5%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $15.83 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.84 ↑ +33%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $43.93 ↑ +247%
CIGNA PPO $56.85 ↑ +349%
CIGNA HMO $56.85 ↑ +349%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $87.50 ↑ +591%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $98.88 ↑ +681%
HORIZON OMNIA $114.61 ↑ +805%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $120.51 ↑ +852%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $122.50 ↑ +868%
HORIZON PIP $131.25 ↑ +937%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $131.25 ↑ +937%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $138.25 ↑ +992%
CIGNA BH $140.00 ↑ +1006%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $148.75 ↑ +1075%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $148.75 ↑ +1075%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $148.75 ↑ +1075%
AETNA HMO $150.75 ↑ +1091%
AETNA PPO $150.75 ↑ +1091%
AETNA ASA $150.75 ↑ +1091%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $154.35 ↑ +1119%
QUALCARE HMO $154.35 ↑ +1119%
QUALCARE PPO $154.35 ↑ +1119%
HORIZON HMO $166.67 ↑ +1217%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $167.53 ↑ +1223%
HORIZON SHP $168.60 ↑ +1232%
HORIZON FEDERAL $170.66 ↑ +1248%
HORIZON PPO $170.66 ↑ +1248%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $175.00 ↑ +1282%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $175.00 ↑ +1282%

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