Methylene blue (antidote) 5 mg/ml intravenous solution at Hackensack University Medical Center
30 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1457456279
$7.86
Cash price 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.
$145.69
Gross charge 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.
$6.97 with CLOVER vs $39.79 with KARNA — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6.97 | ↓ -11% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MANAGED MEDICAID | $6.98 | ↓ -11% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $7.86 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $7.86 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $7.86 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $7.86 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $8.25 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $8.45 | ↑ +8% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $12.68 | ↑ +61% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $13.13 | ↑ +67% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $13.13 | ↑ +67% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $14.09 | ↑ +79% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $14.36 | ↑ +83% |
| AETNA | PPO | $16.58 | ↑ +111% |
| AETNA | HMO | $16.58 | ↑ +111% |
| AETNA | ASA | $16.58 | ↑ +111% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $17.43 | ↑ +122% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $17.43 | ↑ +122% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $18.98 | ↑ +141% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $19.37 | ↑ +146% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $19.37 | ↑ +146% |
| LHP HEALTH | ALL PRODUCTS | $20.14 | ↑ +156% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $21.89 | ↑ +178% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $21.89 | ↑ +178% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $23.24 | ↑ +196% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $23.32 | ↑ +197% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $25.18 | ↑ +220% |
| CHN | ALL PRODUCTS | $25.18 | ↑ +220% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $26.68 | ↑ +239% |
| INTERGROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $27.12 | ↑ +245% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $29.06 | ↑ +270% |
| CIGNA | BH | $30.99 | ↑ +294% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $32.93 | ↑ +319% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $33.91 | ↑ +331% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $34.09 | ↑ +334% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $34.17 | ↑ +335% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $34.17 | ↑ +335% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $34.17 | ↑ +335% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $34.29 | ↑ +336% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $34.72 | ↑ +342% |
| HORIZON | FEDERAL | $34.72 | ↑ +342% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $34.87 | ↑ +344% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $39.79 | ↑ +406% |
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Methylene blue (antidote) 5 mg/ml intravenous solution at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | not published | $1.19 – $19.46 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | not published | $1.67 – $19.98 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | not published | $1.67 – $19.36 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | not published | $1.67 – $19.88 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | not published | $1.67 – $19.98 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | not published | $1.67 – $20.86 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | not published | $1.67 – $19.60 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton | Hamilton Township | not published | $4.67 – $19.36 |