Heterophile antibodies screening 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

$5.18

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.

$120.00

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.

$4.14 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $120.00 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
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $4.14 ↓ -20%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $4.46 ↓ -14%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.18 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.18 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $5.18 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.18 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $5.18 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $5.18 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.18 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $5.18 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.18 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.18 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.44 ↑ +5%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $6.48 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.89 ↑ +33%
CIGNA HMO $23.26 ↑ +349%
CIGNA PPO $23.26 ↑ +349%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $30.12 ↑ +481%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $60.00 ↑ +1058%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $67.80 ↑ +1209%
AETNA PPO $70.93 ↑ +1269%
AETNA HMO $70.93 ↑ +1269%
AETNA ASA $70.93 ↑ +1269%
HORIZON OMNIA $78.59 ↑ +1417%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $82.63 ↑ +1495%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $84.00 ↑ +1522%
HORIZON PIP $90.00 ↑ +1637%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $90.00 ↑ +1637%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $94.80 ↑ +1730%
CIGNA BH $96.00 ↑ +1753%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $102.00 ↑ +1869%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $102.00 ↑ +1869%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $102.00 ↑ +1869%
QUALCARE HMO $105.84 ↑ +1943%
QUALCARE PPO $105.84 ↑ +1943%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $105.84 ↑ +1943%
HORIZON HMO $114.29 ↑ +2106%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $114.88 ↑ +2118%
HORIZON SHP $115.61 ↑ +2132%
HORIZON FEDERAL $117.02 ↑ +2159%
HORIZON PPO $117.02 ↑ +2159%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $120.00 ↑ +2217%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $120.00 ↑ +2217%

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