_fragile x methylation-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

$44.89

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.

$1,047.00

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.

$35.91 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $1,047.00 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
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $35.91 ↓ -20%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $44.89 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $44.89 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $44.89 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $44.89 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $44.89 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $44.89 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $44.89 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $44.89 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $44.89 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $44.89 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $47.13 ↑ +5%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $56.11 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $59.70 ↑ +33%
CIGNA HMO $201.58 ↑ +349%
CIGNA PPO $201.58 ↑ +349%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $262.80 ↑ +485%
AETNA HMO $448.45 ↑ +899%
AETNA ASA $448.45 ↑ +899%
AETNA PPO $448.45 ↑ +899%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $518.27 ↑ +1055%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $523.50 ↑ +1066%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $591.56 ↑ +1218%
HORIZON OMNIA $685.68 ↑ +1427%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $720.96 ↑ +1506%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $732.90 ↑ +1533%
HORIZON PIP $785.25 ↑ +1649%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $785.25 ↑ +1649%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $827.13 ↑ +1743%
CIGNA BH $837.60 ↑ +1766%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $889.95 ↑ +1883%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $889.95 ↑ +1883%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $889.95 ↑ +1883%
QUALCARE HMO $923.45 ↑ +1957%
QUALCARE PPO $923.45 ↑ +1957%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $923.45 ↑ +1957%
HORIZON HMO $997.16 ↑ +2121%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,002.29 ↑ +2133%
HORIZON SHP $1,008.68 ↑ +2147%
HORIZON FEDERAL $1,021.03 ↑ +2175%
HORIZON PPO $1,021.03 ↑ +2175%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,047.00 ↑ +2232%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,047.00 ↑ +2232%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $44.89 $44.89 – $205.70
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $44.89 $39.50 – $205.70
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