Platelets irradiated ea 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

$159.90

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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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$473.00

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.

$85.14 with CLOVER 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $85.14 ↓ -47%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $118.72 ↓ -26%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $127.92 ↓ -20%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $135.28 ↓ -15%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $159.90 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $159.90 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $159.90 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $159.90 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $159.90 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $159.90 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $161.86 ↑ +1%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $167.90 ↑ +5%
HORIZON OMNIA $309.77 ↑ +94%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $325.71 ↑ +104%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $331.10 ↑ +107%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $354.75 ↑ +122%
HORIZON PIP $354.75 ↑ +122%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $373.67 ↑ +134%
CIGNA BH $378.40 ↑ +137%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $402.05 ↑ +151%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $402.05 ↑ +151%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $402.05 ↑ +151%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $417.19 ↑ +161%
QUALCARE PPO $417.19 ↑ +161%
QUALCARE HMO $417.19 ↑ +161%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $425.70 ↑ +166%
AETNA HMO $450.30 ↑ +182%
AETNA ASA $450.30 ↑ +182%
AETNA PPO $450.30 ↑ +182%
HORIZON HMO $450.49 ↑ +182%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $452.80 ↑ +183%
HORIZON SHP $455.69 ↑ +185%
CIGNA HMO $457.63 ↑ +186%
CIGNA PPO $457.63 ↑ +186%
HORIZON PPO $461.27 ↑ +188%
HORIZON FEDERAL $461.27 ↑ +188%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $473.00 ↑ +196%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $473.00 ↑ +196%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $489.00 ↑ +206%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $518.00 ↑ +224%
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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