Methotrexate therapeutic drug level 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

$38.57

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.

$766.00

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.

$22.94 with HORIZON vs $766.00 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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $22.94 ↓ -41%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $30.86 ↓ -20%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $38.57 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $38.57 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $38.57 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $38.57 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $38.57 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $38.57 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $38.57 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $38.57 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $38.57 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $38.57 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $40.50 ↑ +5%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $48.21 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $51.30 ↑ +33%
CIGNA HMO $173.20 ↑ +349%
CIGNA PPO $173.20 ↑ +349%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $192.27 ↑ +398%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $383.00 ↑ +893%
AETNA PPO $385.31 ↑ +899%
AETNA HMO $385.31 ↑ +899%
AETNA ASA $385.31 ↑ +899%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $432.79 ↑ +1022%
HORIZON OMNIA $501.65 ↑ +1201%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $527.47 ↑ +1268%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $536.20 ↑ +1290%
HORIZON PIP $574.50 ↑ +1389%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $574.50 ↑ +1389%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $605.14 ↑ +1469%
CIGNA BH $612.80 ↑ +1489%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $651.10 ↑ +1588%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $651.10 ↑ +1588%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $651.10 ↑ +1588%
QUALCARE HMO $675.61 ↑ +1652%
QUALCARE PPO $675.61 ↑ +1652%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $675.61 ↑ +1652%
HORIZON HMO $729.54 ↑ +1791%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $733.29 ↑ +1801%
HORIZON SHP $737.96 ↑ +1813%
HORIZON FEDERAL $747.00 ↑ +1837%
HORIZON PPO $747.00 ↑ +1837%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $766.00 ↑ +1886%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $766.00 ↑ +1886%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $42.43 $18.13 – $157.56
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $42.43 $18.13 – $157.56
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Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $42.43 $18.13 – $157.56
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Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $42.43 $18.13 – $157.56
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $42.43 $18.13 – $157.56

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