Galactokinase - 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

$21.48

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.

$1,045.00

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.

$17.18 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $294.41 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 $17.18 ↓ -20%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $18.81 ↓ -12%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $21.48 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.48 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $21.48 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $21.48 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.48 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.48 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $21.48 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.48 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.48 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.48 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $22.55 ↑ +5%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $26.85 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $28.57 ↑ +33%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $66.52 ↑ +210%
CIGNA PPO $96.46 ↑ +349%
CIGNA HMO $96.46 ↑ +349%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $132.50 ↑ +517%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $149.73 ↑ +597%
HORIZON OMNIA $173.55 ↑ +708%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $182.48 ↑ +750%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $185.50 ↑ +764%
HORIZON PIP $198.75 ↑ +825%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $198.75 ↑ +825%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $209.35 ↑ +875%
CIGNA BH $212.00 ↑ +887%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $225.25 ↑ +949%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $225.25 ↑ +949%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $225.25 ↑ +949%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $233.73 ↑ +988%
QUALCARE HMO $233.73 ↑ +988%
QUALCARE PPO $233.73 ↑ +988%
HORIZON HMO $252.39 ↑ +1075%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $253.68 ↑ +1081%
HORIZON SHP $255.30 ↑ +1089%
HORIZON FEDERAL $258.43 ↑ +1103%
HORIZON PPO $258.43 ↑ +1103%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $265.00 ↑ +1134%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $265.00 ↑ +1134%
AETNA PPO $294.41 ↑ +1271%
AETNA ASA $294.41 ↑ +1271%
AETNA HMO $294.41 ↑ +1271%

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Galactokinase - sendout at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $21.48 $21.48 – $98.43
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $21.48 $12.65 – $98.43
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $21.48 $12.65 – $101.09
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $21.48 $17.18 – $98.43
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $21.48 $20.75 – $98.43
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $21.48 $21.48 – $98.43
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $21.48 $14.55 – $98.43
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $21.48 $21.48 – $98.43

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