External chromosome analysis 20-25 cells 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

$144.61

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.

$1,265.00

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.

$51.71 with AETNA vs $1,708.09 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $51.71 ↓ -64%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $103.00 ↓ -29%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $104.99 ↓ -27%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $115.69 ↓ -20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $116.39 ↓ -20%
HORIZON OMNIA $134.91 ↓ -7%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $141.85 ↓ -2%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $144.20 ↓ -0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $144.61 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $144.61 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $144.61 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $144.61 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $144.61 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $144.61 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $144.61 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $144.61 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $144.61 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $144.61 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $151.84 ↑ +5%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $154.50 ↑ +7%
HORIZON PIP $154.50 ↑ +7%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $162.74 ↑ +13%
CIGNA BH $164.80 ↑ +14%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $175.10 ↑ +21%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $175.10 ↑ +21%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $175.10 ↑ +21%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $180.76 ↑ +25%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $181.69 ↑ +26%
QUALCARE PPO $181.69 ↑ +26%
QUALCARE HMO $181.69 ↑ +26%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $192.33 ↑ +33%
HORIZON HMO $196.19 ↑ +36%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $197.20 ↑ +36%
HORIZON SHP $198.46 ↑ +37%
HORIZON PPO $200.89 ↑ +39%
HORIZON FEDERAL $200.89 ↑ +39%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $206.00 ↑ +42%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $206.00 ↑ +42%
CIGNA HMO $649.37 ↑ +349%
CIGNA PPO $649.37 ↑ +349%
AETNA HMO $1,708.09 ↑ +1081%
AETNA ASA $1,708.09 ↑ +1081%
AETNA PPO $1,708.09 ↑ +1081%

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