Ghs polysom <6 yrs 4/> parameters 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

$1,198.14

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.

$8,191.00

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.

$958.51 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $10,685.40 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 $958.51 ↓ -20%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,198.14 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,198.14 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,198.14 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,198.14 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,198.14 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,198.14 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,209.08 ↑ +1%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,258.05 ↑ +5%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,474.38 ↑ +23%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,573.00 ↑ +31%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,768.09 ↑ +48%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $2,055.94 ↑ +72%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,342.63 ↑ +96%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $4,994.00 ↑ +317%
HORIZON OMNIA $5,364.29 ↑ +348%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $5,640.32 ↑ +371%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $5,733.70 ↑ +379%
HORIZON PIP $6,143.25 ↑ +413%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $6,143.25 ↑ +413%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $6,470.89 ↑ +440%
CIGNA BH $6,552.80 ↑ +447%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $6,962.35 ↑ +481%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $6,962.35 ↑ +481%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $6,962.35 ↑ +481%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $7,224.46 ↑ +503%
QUALCARE PPO $7,224.46 ↑ +503%
QUALCARE HMO $7,224.46 ↑ +503%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $7,371.90 ↑ +515%
HORIZON HMO $7,801.11 ↑ +551%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $7,841.24 ↑ +554%
HORIZON SHP $7,891.21 ↑ +559%
CIGNA HMO $7,924.79 ↑ +561%
CIGNA PPO $7,924.79 ↑ +561%
HORIZON FEDERAL $7,987.86 ↑ +567%
HORIZON PPO $7,987.86 ↑ +567%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,191.00 ↑ +584%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,191.00 ↑ +584%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $8,372.00 ↑ +599%
AETNA PPO $10,685.40 ↑ +792%
AETNA HMO $10,685.40 ↑ +792%
AETNA ASA $10,685.40 ↑ +792%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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