Ethylene glycol -sendout 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

$14.90

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.

$142.00

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.

$11.92 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $163.54 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 $11.92 ↓ -20%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.90 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $14.90 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.90 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.90 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $14.90 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $14.90 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.90 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $14.90 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.90 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.90 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.65 ↑ +5%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $18.58 ↑ +25%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $18.63 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.82 ↑ +33%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $35.64 ↑ +139%
CIGNA PPO $66.91 ↑ +349%
CIGNA HMO $66.91 ↑ +349%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $71.00 ↑ +377%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $80.23 ↑ +438%
HORIZON OMNIA $93.00 ↑ +524%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $97.78 ↑ +556%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $99.40 ↑ +567%
HORIZON PIP $106.50 ↑ +615%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $106.50 ↑ +615%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $112.18 ↑ +653%
CIGNA BH $113.60 ↑ +662%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $120.70 ↑ +710%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $120.70 ↑ +710%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $120.70 ↑ +710%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $125.24 ↑ +741%
QUALCARE HMO $125.24 ↑ +741%
QUALCARE PPO $125.24 ↑ +741%
HORIZON HMO $135.24 ↑ +808%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $135.94 ↑ +812%
HORIZON SHP $136.80 ↑ +818%
HORIZON FEDERAL $138.48 ↑ +829%
HORIZON PPO $138.48 ↑ +829%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $142.00 ↑ +853%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $142.00 ↑ +853%
AETNA PPO $163.54 ↑ +998%
AETNA ASA $163.54 ↑ +998%
AETNA HMO $163.54 ↑ +998%

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