Interferon alfa-2b inj 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.

$310.86

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.

$27.50 with CLOVER vs $137.51 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 $27.50 —
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $28.66 —
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $33.61 —
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $50.01 —
CIGNA PPO $51.80 —
CIGNA HMO $51.80 —
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $53.40 —
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $55.55 —
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $56.65 —
AETNA HMO $65.39 —
AETNA ASA $65.39 —
AETNA PPO $65.39 —
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $68.76 —
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $68.76 —
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $74.87 —
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $76.40 —
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $76.40 —
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $79.45 —
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $86.33 —
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $86.33 —
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $91.67 —
HORIZON OMNIA $91.96 —
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $99.31 —
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $99.31 —
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $105.21 —
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $106.95 —
HORIZON PIP $114.59 —
CIGNA BH $122.23 —
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $129.87 —
HORIZON HMO $133.74 —
HORIZON INDEMNITY $134.44 —
QUALCARE HMO $134.76 —
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $134.76 —
QUALCARE PPO $134.76 —
HORIZON SHP $135.25 —
HORIZON FEDERAL $136.95 —
HORIZON PPO $136.95 —
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $137.51 —
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —

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Interferon alfa-2b inj at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth not published $13.25 – $224.97
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston not published $13.25 – $38.56
Community Medical Center Toms River not published $13.25 – $37.62
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville not published $13.25 – $38.56
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark not published $13.25 – $38.56
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City not published $13.25 – $37.62
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch not published $13.25 – $38.56
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel not published $70.31 – $70.31

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