Herpes simplex virus isolation 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

$33.86

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.

$23.59 with AETNA vs $464.04 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $23.59 ↓ -30%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $27.09 ↓ -20%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $28.13 ↓ -17%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $33.86 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $33.86 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $33.86 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $33.86 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $33.86 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $33.86 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $33.86 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $33.86 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $33.86 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $33.86 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.55 ↑ +5%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $42.33 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $45.03 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $47.00 ↑ +39%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $53.11 ↑ +57%
HORIZON OMNIA $61.56 ↑ +82%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $64.73 ↑ +91%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $65.80 ↑ +94%
HORIZON PIP $70.50 ↑ +108%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $70.50 ↑ +108%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $74.26 ↑ +119%
CIGNA BH $75.20 ↑ +122%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $79.90 ↑ +136%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $79.90 ↑ +136%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $79.90 ↑ +136%
QUALCARE HMO $82.91 ↑ +145%
QUALCARE PPO $82.91 ↑ +145%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $82.91 ↑ +145%
HORIZON HMO $89.53 ↑ +164%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $89.99 ↑ +166%
HORIZON SHP $90.56 ↑ +167%
HORIZON FEDERAL $91.67 ↑ +171%
HORIZON PPO $91.67 ↑ +171%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $94.00 ↑ +178%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $94.00 ↑ +178%
CIGNA HMO $152.05 ↑ +349%
CIGNA PPO $152.05 ↑ +349%
AETNA PPO $464.04 ↑ +1270%
AETNA HMO $464.04 ↑ +1270%
AETNA ASA $464.04 ↑ +1270%

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