Mayo infectious agent nucleic acid quantification cytomegalovirus 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

$42.84

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.

$853.00

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.

$34.27 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $853.00 with AMERIHEALTH — 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
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $34.27 ↓ -20%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $36.08 ↓ -16%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $42.84 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $42.84 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $42.84 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $42.84 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $42.84 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $42.84 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $42.84 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $42.84 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $42.84 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $42.84 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $44.98 ↑ +5%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $53.55 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $56.98 ↑ +33%
CIGNA PPO $192.37 ↑ +349%
CIGNA HMO $192.37 ↑ +349%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $214.10 ↑ +400%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $426.50 ↑ +896%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $481.95 ↑ +1025%
HORIZON OMNIA $558.63 ↑ +1204%
AETNA PPO $587.01 ↑ +1270%
AETNA ASA $587.01 ↑ +1270%
AETNA HMO $587.01 ↑ +1270%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $587.38 ↑ +1271%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $597.10 ↑ +1294%
HORIZON PIP $639.75 ↑ +1393%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $639.75 ↑ +1393%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $673.87 ↑ +1473%
CIGNA BH $682.40 ↑ +1493%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $725.05 ↑ +1592%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $725.05 ↑ +1592%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $725.05 ↑ +1592%
QUALCARE HMO $752.35 ↑ +1656%
QUALCARE PPO $752.35 ↑ +1656%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $752.35 ↑ +1656%
HORIZON HMO $812.40 ↑ +1796%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $816.58 ↑ +1806%
HORIZON SHP $821.78 ↑ +1818%
HORIZON FEDERAL $831.85 ↑ +1842%
HORIZON PPO $831.85 ↑ +1842%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $853.00 ↑ +1891%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $853.00 ↑ +1891%

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