Glucagon plasma - 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

$14.29

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.

$94.00

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.

$11.43 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $195.80 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 $11.43 ↓ -20%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.29 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $14.29 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.29 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $14.29 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $14.29 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.29 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $14.29 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.29 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.29 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.29 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.00 ↑ +5%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $16.32 ↑ +14%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $17.86 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.01 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $32.50 ↑ +127%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $34.43 ↑ +141%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $36.73 ↑ +157%
HORIZON OMNIA $42.57 ↑ +198%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $44.76 ↑ +213%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $45.50 ↑ +218%
HORIZON PIP $48.75 ↑ +241%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $48.75 ↑ +241%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $51.35 ↑ +259%
CIGNA BH $52.00 ↑ +264%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $55.25 ↑ +287%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $55.25 ↑ +287%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $55.25 ↑ +287%
QUALCARE HMO $57.33 ↑ +301%
QUALCARE PPO $57.33 ↑ +301%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $57.33 ↑ +301%
HORIZON HMO $61.91 ↑ +333%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $62.22 ↑ +335%
HORIZON SHP $62.62 ↑ +338%
HORIZON FEDERAL $63.39 ↑ +344%
HORIZON PPO $63.39 ↑ +344%
CIGNA HMO $64.17 ↑ +349%
CIGNA PPO $64.17 ↑ +349%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $65.00 ↑ +355%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $65.00 ↑ +355%
AETNA PPO $195.80 ↑ +1270%
AETNA HMO $195.80 ↑ +1270%
AETNA ASA $195.80 ↑ +1270%

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