Hematocrit 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

$2.37

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.

$44.00

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.

$1.90 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $32.47 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 $1.90 ↓ -20%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2.23 ↓ -6%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2.37 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2.37 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $2.37 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $2.37 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2.37 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2.37 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2.37 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2.37 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2.37 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2.37 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2.49 ↑ +5%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $2.76 ↑ +16%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $2.96 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.15 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $5.50 ↑ +132%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $6.22 ↑ +162%
HORIZON OMNIA $7.20 ↑ +204%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $7.57 ↑ +219%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $7.70 ↑ +225%
HORIZON PIP $8.25 ↑ +248%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $8.25 ↑ +248%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $8.69 ↑ +267%
CIGNA BH $8.80 ↑ +271%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $9.35 ↑ +295%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $9.35 ↑ +295%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $9.35 ↑ +295%
QUALCARE HMO $9.70 ↑ +309%
QUALCARE PPO $9.70 ↑ +309%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $9.70 ↑ +309%
HORIZON HMO $10.48 ↑ +342%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $10.53 ↑ +344%
HORIZON SHP $10.60 ↑ +347%
CIGNA HMO $10.64 ↑ +349%
CIGNA PPO $10.64 ↑ +349%
HORIZON FEDERAL $10.73 ↑ +353%
HORIZON PPO $10.73 ↑ +353%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $11.00 ↑ +364%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $11.00 ↑ +364%
AETNA PPO $32.47 ↑ +1270%
AETNA HMO $32.47 ↑ +1270%
AETNA ASA $32.47 ↑ +1270%

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