Interrogate subq defib 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

$43.91

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.

$124.00

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.

$22.32 with CLOVER vs $2,033.00 with OXFORD — 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 $22.32 ↓ -49%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $31.12 ↓ -29%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $35.13 ↓ -20%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $35.46 ↓ -19%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $43.61 ↓ -1%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $43.91 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $43.91 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $43.91 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $43.91 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $43.91 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $43.91 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $46.11 ↑ +5%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $61.38 ↑ +40%
HORIZON OMNIA $81.21 ↑ +85%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $85.39 ↑ +94%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $86.80 ↑ +98%
HORIZON PIP $93.00 ↑ +112%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $93.00 ↑ +112%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $97.96 ↑ +123%
CIGNA BH $99.20 ↑ +126%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $105.40 ↑ +140%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $105.40 ↑ +140%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $105.40 ↑ +140%
QUALCARE HMO $109.37 ↑ +149%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $109.37 ↑ +149%
QUALCARE PPO $109.37 ↑ +149%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $111.60 ↑ +154%
HORIZON HMO $118.10 ↑ +169%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $118.71 ↑ +170%
HORIZON SHP $119.46 ↑ +172%
CIGNA PPO $119.97 ↑ +173%
CIGNA HMO $119.97 ↑ +173%
HORIZON PPO $120.92 ↑ +175%
HORIZON FEDERAL $120.92 ↑ +175%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $122.02 ↑ +178%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $124.00 ↑ +182%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $124.00 ↑ +182%
AETNA PPO $253.45 ↑ +477%
AETNA ASA $253.45 ↑ +477%
AETNA HMO $253.45 ↑ +477%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $2,030.00 ↑ +4523%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $2,033.00 ↑ +4530%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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