Immunoglobulin assay 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

$12.46

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.

$78.00

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.

$9.97 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $170.73 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 $9.97 ↓ -20%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.46 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $12.46 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.46 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $12.46 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $12.46 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.46 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $12.46 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.46 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.46 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.46 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.08 ↑ +5%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $14.56 ↑ +17%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $15.58 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.57 ↑ +33%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $22.30 ↑ +79%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $29.00 ↑ +133%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $32.77 ↑ +163%
HORIZON OMNIA $37.98 ↑ +205%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $39.94 ↑ +221%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $40.60 ↑ +226%
HORIZON PIP $43.50 ↑ +249%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $43.50 ↑ +249%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $45.82 ↑ +268%
CIGNA BH $46.40 ↑ +272%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $49.30 ↑ +296%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $49.30 ↑ +296%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $49.30 ↑ +296%
QUALCARE HMO $51.16 ↑ +311%
QUALCARE PPO $51.16 ↑ +311%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $51.16 ↑ +311%
HORIZON HMO $55.24 ↑ +343%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $55.52 ↑ +346%
HORIZON SHP $55.88 ↑ +348%
CIGNA HMO $55.95 ↑ +349%
CIGNA PPO $55.95 ↑ +349%
HORIZON FEDERAL $56.56 ↑ +354%
HORIZON PPO $56.56 ↑ +354%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $58.00 ↑ +365%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $58.00 ↑ +365%
AETNA PPO $170.73 ↑ +1270%
AETNA HMO $170.73 ↑ +1270%
AETNA ASA $170.73 ↑ +1270%

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