Gentamicin peak therapeutic drug level 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

$16.38

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.

$173.00

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.

$13.10 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $224.48 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 $13.10 ↓ -20%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.38 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $16.38 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.38 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.38 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $16.38 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $16.38 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.38 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $16.38 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.38 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.38 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.20 ↑ +5%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $18.73 ↑ +14%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $20.48 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.79 ↑ +33%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $43.42 ↑ +165%
CIGNA PPO $73.55 ↑ +349%
CIGNA HMO $73.55 ↑ +349%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $86.50 ↑ +428%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $97.75 ↑ +497%
HORIZON OMNIA $113.30 ↑ +592%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $119.13 ↑ +627%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $121.10 ↑ +639%
HORIZON PIP $129.75 ↑ +692%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $129.75 ↑ +692%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $136.67 ↑ +734%
CIGNA BH $138.40 ↑ +745%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $147.05 ↑ +798%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $147.05 ↑ +798%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $147.05 ↑ +798%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $152.59 ↑ +832%
QUALCARE HMO $152.59 ↑ +832%
QUALCARE PPO $152.59 ↑ +832%
HORIZON HMO $164.77 ↑ +906%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $165.61 ↑ +911%
HORIZON SHP $166.67 ↑ +918%
HORIZON FEDERAL $168.71 ↑ +930%
HORIZON PPO $168.71 ↑ +930%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $173.00 ↑ +956%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $173.00 ↑ +956%
AETNA PPO $224.48 ↑ +1270%
AETNA ASA $224.48 ↑ +1270%
AETNA HMO $224.48 ↑ +1270%

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