Growth stimulation gene 2 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

$75.60

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.

$1,200.00

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.

$17.80 with HORIZON vs $348.00 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 $17.80 ↓ -76%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $60.48 ↓ -20%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $75.60 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $75.60 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $75.60 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $75.60 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $75.60 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $75.60 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $75.60 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $75.60 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $75.60 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $75.60 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $79.38 ↑ +5%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $87.35 ↑ +16%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $94.50 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $100.55 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $174.00 ↑ +130%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $196.62 ↑ +160%
HORIZON OMNIA $227.91 ↑ +201%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $239.63 ↑ +217%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $243.60 ↑ +222%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $261.00 ↑ +245%
HORIZON PIP $261.00 ↑ +245%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $274.92 ↑ +264%
CIGNA BH $278.40 ↑ +268%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $295.80 ↑ +291%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $295.80 ↑ +291%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $295.80 ↑ +291%
AETNA ASA $301.40 ↑ +299%
AETNA PPO $301.40 ↑ +299%
AETNA HMO $301.40 ↑ +299%
QUALCARE HMO $306.94 ↑ +306%
QUALCARE PPO $306.94 ↑ +306%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $306.94 ↑ +306%
HORIZON HMO $331.44 ↑ +338%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $333.14 ↑ +341%
HORIZON SHP $335.26 ↑ +343%
HORIZON FEDERAL $339.37 ↑ +349%
HORIZON PPO $339.37 ↑ +349%
CIGNA HMO $339.48 ↑ +349%
CIGNA PPO $339.48 ↑ +349%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $348.00 ↑ +360%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $348.00 ↑ +360%

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