Platelets each unit 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

$89.46

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.

$446.00

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.

$71.56 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $518.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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 $71.56 ↓ -20%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $78.94 ↓ -12%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $80.28 ↓ -10%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $89.46 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $89.46 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $89.46 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $89.46 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $89.46 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $89.46 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $93.93 ↑ +5%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $111.95 ↑ +25%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $127.56 ↑ +43%
HORIZON OMNIA $292.09 ↑ +227%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $307.12 ↑ +243%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $312.20 ↑ +249%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $334.50 ↑ +274%
HORIZON PIP $334.50 ↑ +274%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $352.34 ↑ +294%
CIGNA BH $356.80 ↑ +299%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $379.10 ↑ +324%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $379.10 ↑ +324%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $379.10 ↑ +324%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $393.37 ↑ +340%
QUALCARE PPO $393.37 ↑ +340%
QUALCARE HMO $393.37 ↑ +340%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $401.40 ↑ +349%
AETNA HMO $424.59 ↑ +375%
AETNA ASA $424.59 ↑ +375%
AETNA PPO $424.59 ↑ +375%
HORIZON HMO $424.77 ↑ +375%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $426.96 ↑ +377%
HORIZON SHP $429.68 ↑ +380%
CIGNA HMO $431.51 ↑ +382%
CIGNA PPO $431.51 ↑ +382%
HORIZON PPO $434.94 ↑ +386%
HORIZON FEDERAL $434.94 ↑ +386%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $446.00 ↑ +399%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $446.00 ↑ +399%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $489.00 ↑ +447%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $518.00 ↑ +479%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital —
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital —
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —

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