Mycobacteria dna amp probe 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

$48.24

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.

$788.00

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.

$29.56 with HORIZON vs $788.00 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 $29.56 ↓ -39%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $38.59 ↓ -20%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $48.24 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $48.24 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $48.24 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $48.24 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $48.24 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $48.24 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $48.24 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $48.24 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $48.24 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $48.24 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $50.65 ↑ +5%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $60.30 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $64.16 ↑ +33%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $197.79 ↑ +310%
CIGNA HMO $216.62 ↑ +349%
CIGNA PPO $216.62 ↑ +349%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $394.00 ↑ +717%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $445.22 ↑ +823%
AETNA HMO $480.92 ↑ +897%
AETNA PPO $480.92 ↑ +897%
AETNA ASA $480.92 ↑ +897%
HORIZON OMNIA $516.06 ↑ +970%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $542.62 ↑ +1025%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $551.60 ↑ +1043%
HORIZON PIP $591.00 ↑ +1125%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $591.00 ↑ +1125%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $622.52 ↑ +1190%
CIGNA BH $630.40 ↑ +1207%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $669.80 ↑ +1288%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $669.80 ↑ +1288%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $669.80 ↑ +1288%
QUALCARE HMO $695.02 ↑ +1341%
QUALCARE PPO $695.02 ↑ +1341%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $695.02 ↑ +1341%
HORIZON HMO $750.49 ↑ +1456%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $754.35 ↑ +1464%
HORIZON SHP $759.16 ↑ +1474%
HORIZON FEDERAL $768.46 ↑ +1493%
HORIZON PPO $768.46 ↑ +1493%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $788.00 ↑ +1533%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $788.00 ↑ +1533%

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