Fatty acids nonesterified 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

$18.77

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.

$121.00

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.

$15.02 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $182.42 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 $15.02 ↓ -20%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.77 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $18.77 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.77 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $18.77 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $18.77 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.77 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $18.77 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.77 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.77 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.77 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.71 ↑ +5%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $22.34 ↑ +19%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $23.46 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24.96 ↑ +33%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $25.35 ↑ +35%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $44.50 ↑ +137%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $50.29 ↑ +168%
HORIZON OMNIA $58.29 ↑ +211%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $61.29 ↑ +227%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $62.30 ↑ +232%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $66.75 ↑ +256%
HORIZON PIP $66.75 ↑ +256%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $70.31 ↑ +275%
CIGNA BH $71.20 ↑ +279%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $75.65 ↑ +303%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $75.65 ↑ +303%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $75.65 ↑ +303%
QUALCARE PPO $78.50 ↑ +318%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $78.50 ↑ +318%
QUALCARE HMO $78.50 ↑ +318%
CIGNA HMO $84.29 ↑ +349%
CIGNA PPO $84.29 ↑ +349%
HORIZON HMO $84.76 ↑ +352%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $85.20 ↑ +354%
HORIZON SHP $85.74 ↑ +357%
HORIZON FEDERAL $86.79 ↑ +362%
HORIZON PPO $86.79 ↑ +362%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $89.00 ↑ +374%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $89.00 ↑ +374%
AETNA PPO $182.42 ↑ +872%
AETNA HMO $182.42 ↑ +872%
AETNA ASA $182.42 ↑ +872%

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