Human epididymis protein 4 (he4) 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

$20.81

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.

$319.00

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.

$16.65 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $285.21 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 $16.65 ↓ -20%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.81 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $20.81 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.81 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.81 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $20.81 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $20.81 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.81 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $20.81 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.81 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.81 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.85 ↑ +5%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $26.01 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $27.68 ↑ +33%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $29.72 ↑ +43%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $37.40 ↑ +80%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $74.50 ↑ +258%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $84.19 ↑ +305%
CIGNA PPO $93.45 ↑ +349%
CIGNA HMO $93.45 ↑ +349%
HORIZON OMNIA $97.58 ↑ +369%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $102.60 ↑ +393%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $104.30 ↑ +401%
HORIZON PIP $111.75 ↑ +437%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $111.75 ↑ +437%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $117.71 ↑ +466%
CIGNA BH $119.20 ↑ +473%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $126.65 ↑ +509%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $126.65 ↑ +509%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $126.65 ↑ +509%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $131.42 ↑ +532%
QUALCARE HMO $131.42 ↑ +532%
QUALCARE PPO $131.42 ↑ +532%
HORIZON HMO $141.91 ↑ +582%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $142.64 ↑ +585%
HORIZON SHP $143.55 ↑ +590%
HORIZON FEDERAL $145.30 ↑ +598%
HORIZON PPO $145.30 ↑ +598%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $149.00 ↑ +616%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $149.00 ↑ +616%
AETNA PPO $285.21 ↑ +1271%
AETNA ASA $285.21 ↑ +1271%
AETNA HMO $285.21 ↑ +1271%

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