Low cost skin substitute app 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

$720.88

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.

$2,251.00

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.

$405.18 with CLOVER vs $18,693.00 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $405.18 ↓ -44%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $565.00 ↓ -22%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $576.70 ↓ -20%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $643.79 ↓ -11%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $720.88 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $720.88 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $720.88 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $720.88 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $720.88 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $720.88 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $726.29 ↑ +1%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $756.93 ↑ +5%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,474.18 ↑ +104%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,575.70 ↑ +119%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,688.25 ↑ +134%
HORIZON PIP $1,688.25 ↑ +134%
CIGNA BH $1,800.80 ↑ +150%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $1,845.82 ↑ +156%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,913.35 ↑ +165%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,913.35 ↑ +165%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $1,913.35 ↑ +165%
QUALCARE PPO $2,003.39 ↑ +178%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,003.39 ↑ +178%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $2,025.90 ↑ +181%
CIGNA HMO $2,047.06 ↑ +184%
CIGNA PPO $2,047.06 ↑ +184%
HORIZON HMO $2,143.85 ↑ +197%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $2,154.88 ↑ +199%
HORIZON SHP $2,168.61 ↑ +201%
HORIZON PPO $2,195.18 ↑ +205%
HORIZON FEDERAL $2,195.18 ↑ +205%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,728.00 ↑ +278%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $3,205.00 ↑ +345%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $3,756.00 ↑ +421%
QUALCARE HMO $7,712.00 ↑ +970%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,013.00 ↑ +1012%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,904.00 ↑ +1135%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +2231%
AETNA ASA $18,693.00 ↑ +2493%
AETNA PPO $18,693.00 ↑ +2493%
AETNA HMO $18,693.00 ↑ +2493%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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