Inj, meropenem (b. braun) 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

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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.

$8.55

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.

$1.54 with CLOVER vs $7.70 with BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN — 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1.54
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $1.88
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2.53
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $2.80
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2.81
CIGNA PPO $2.90
CIGNA HMO $2.90
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $3.11
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $3.17
AETNA HMO $3.66
AETNA PPO $3.66
AETNA ASA $3.66
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3.85
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.85
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $4.19
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $4.28
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $4.28
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $4.45
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $4.83
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $4.83
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $5.13
HORIZON OMNIA $5.15
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $5.56
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $5.56
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $5.89
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $5.99
HORIZON PIP $6.41
CIGNA BH $6.84
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $7.27
HORIZON HMO $7.48
HORIZON INDEMNITY $7.52
QUALCARE HMO $7.54
QUALCARE PPO $7.54
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $7.54
HORIZON SHP $7.57
HORIZON FEDERAL $7.66
HORIZON PPO $7.66
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $7.70
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Inj, meropenem (b. braun) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth not published $0.46 – $12.63
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston not published $0.45 – $2.55
Community Medical Center Toms River not published $0.45 – $2.48
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville not published $0.45 – $2.55
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark not published $0.45 – $2.55
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City not published $0.45 – $3.95
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch not published $0.45 – $2.55
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel not published $1.77 – $1.77

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