Heparin-protamine tolerance 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

$13.09

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.

$116.00

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.

$10.47 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $194.31 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 $10.47 ↓ -20%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.09 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.09 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $13.09 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $13.09 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $13.09 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.09 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $13.09 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.09 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.09 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.09 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.74 ↑ +5%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $16.36 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.41 ↑ +33%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $23.79 ↑ +82%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $29.12 ↑ +122%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $58.00 ↑ +343%
CIGNA HMO $58.78 ↑ +349%
CIGNA PPO $58.78 ↑ +349%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $65.54 ↑ +401%
HORIZON OMNIA $75.97 ↑ +480%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $79.88 ↑ +510%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $81.20 ↑ +520%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $87.00 ↑ +565%
HORIZON PIP $87.00 ↑ +565%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $91.64 ↑ +600%
CIGNA BH $92.80 ↑ +609%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $98.60 ↑ +653%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $98.60 ↑ +653%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $98.60 ↑ +653%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $102.31 ↑ +682%
QUALCARE PPO $102.31 ↑ +682%
QUALCARE HMO $102.31 ↑ +682%
HORIZON HMO $110.48 ↑ +744%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $111.05 ↑ +748%
HORIZON SHP $111.75 ↑ +754%
HORIZON PPO $113.12 ↑ +764%
HORIZON FEDERAL $113.12 ↑ +764%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $116.00 ↑ +786%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $116.00 ↑ +786%
AETNA HMO $194.31 ↑ +1384%
AETNA ASA $194.31 ↑ +1384%
AETNA PPO $194.31 ↑ +1384%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $14.40 $6.15 – $53.41
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $14.40 $6.15 – $53.41
Community Medical Center Toms River $14.40 $6.15 – $53.41
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $14.40 $6.15 – $53.41
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $14.40 $6.15 – $53.41
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $14.40 $6.15 – $53.41
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $14.40 $6.15 – $53.41
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $13.09 $13.09 – $59.98

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