Iron binding capacity 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

$8.74

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.

$113.00

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.

$6.02 with AETNA vs $119.78 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $6.02 ↓ -31%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $6.99 ↓ -20%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $8.74 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.74 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $8.74 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $8.74 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.74 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.74 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $8.74 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.74 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.74 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.74 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.18 ↑ +5%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $10.70 ↑ +22%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $10.93 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.62 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $12.00 ↑ +37%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $13.56 ↑ +55%
HORIZON OMNIA $15.72 ↑ +80%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16.53 ↑ +89%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $16.80 ↑ +92%
HORIZON PIP $18.00 ↑ +106%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $18.00 ↑ +106%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $18.96 ↑ +117%
CIGNA BH $19.20 ↑ +120%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $20.40 ↑ +133%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $20.40 ↑ +133%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $20.40 ↑ +133%
QUALCARE HMO $21.17 ↑ +142%
QUALCARE PPO $21.17 ↑ +142%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $21.17 ↑ +142%
HORIZON HMO $22.86 ↑ +162%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $22.98 ↑ +163%
HORIZON SHP $23.12 ↑ +165%
HORIZON FEDERAL $23.40 ↑ +168%
HORIZON PPO $23.40 ↑ +168%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $24.00 ↑ +175%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $24.00 ↑ +175%
CIGNA HMO $39.25 ↑ +349%
CIGNA PPO $39.25 ↑ +349%
AETNA PPO $119.78 ↑ +1270%
AETNA HMO $119.78 ↑ +1270%
AETNA ASA $119.78 ↑ +1270%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Carrier Clinic Belle Mead $45.20 $16.39 – $16.39
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $9.61 $4.11 – $41.39
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Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $9.61 $4.11 – $36.06
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Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $9.61 $4.11 – $36.06
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