Mayo vasoactive intestinal peptide 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

$35.33

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.

$666.00

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.

$27.61 with AETNA vs $484.22 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 $27.61 ↓ -22%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $28.26 ↓ -20%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $29.76 ↓ -16%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.33 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $35.33 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $35.33 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $35.33 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.33 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.33 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $35.33 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.33 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.33 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.33 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $37.10 ↑ +5%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $44.16 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $46.99 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $55.00 ↑ +56%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $62.15 ↑ +76%
HORIZON OMNIA $72.04 ↑ +104%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $75.75 ↑ +114%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $77.00 ↑ +118%
HORIZON PIP $82.50 ↑ +134%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $82.50 ↑ +134%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $86.90 ↑ +146%
CIGNA BH $88.00 ↑ +149%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $93.50 ↑ +165%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $93.50 ↑ +165%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $93.50 ↑ +165%
QUALCARE HMO $97.02 ↑ +175%
QUALCARE PPO $97.02 ↑ +175%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $97.02 ↑ +175%
HORIZON HMO $104.76 ↑ +197%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $105.30 ↑ +198%
HORIZON SHP $105.97 ↑ +200%
HORIZON FEDERAL $107.27 ↑ +204%
HORIZON PPO $107.27 ↑ +204%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $110.00 ↑ +211%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $110.00 ↑ +211%
CIGNA HMO $158.65 ↑ +349%
CIGNA PPO $158.65 ↑ +349%
AETNA PPO $484.22 ↑ +1271%
AETNA HMO $484.22 ↑ +1271%
AETNA ASA $484.22 ↑ +1271%

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