Ghs hgb stability-thal 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

$9.47

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.

$154.00

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.

$4.92 with HORIZON vs $154.00 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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $4.92 ↓ -48%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $7.58 ↓ -20%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $9.47 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.47 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $9.47 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $9.47 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.47 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.47 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $9.47 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.47 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.47 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.47 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.94 ↑ +5%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $11.84 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.60 ↑ +33%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $38.65 ↑ +308%
CIGNA PPO $42.52 ↑ +349%
CIGNA HMO $42.52 ↑ +349%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $77.00 ↑ +713%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $87.01 ↑ +819%
HORIZON OMNIA $100.85 ↑ +965%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $106.04 ↑ +1020%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $107.80 ↑ +1038%
HORIZON PIP $115.50 ↑ +1120%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $115.50 ↑ +1120%
AETNA ASA $115.98 ↑ +1125%
AETNA PPO $115.98 ↑ +1125%
AETNA HMO $115.98 ↑ +1125%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $121.66 ↑ +1185%
CIGNA BH $123.20 ↑ +1201%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $130.90 ↑ +1282%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $130.90 ↑ +1282%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $130.90 ↑ +1282%
QUALCARE HMO $135.83 ↑ +1334%
QUALCARE PPO $135.83 ↑ +1334%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $135.83 ↑ +1334%
HORIZON HMO $146.67 ↑ +1449%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $147.42 ↑ +1457%
HORIZON SHP $148.36 ↑ +1467%
HORIZON FEDERAL $150.18 ↑ +1486%
HORIZON PPO $150.18 ↑ +1486%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $154.00 ↑ +1526%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $154.00 ↑ +1526%

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