Pretreat rbc density gradient separation reference at Hackensack University Medical Center
30 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1457456279
$201.80
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.
$207.00
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.
$18.46 with HORIZON vs $211.89 with UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $18.46 | ↓ -91% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $51.96 | ↓ -74% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $59.20 | ↓ -71% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $103.50 | ↓ -49% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $113.08 | ↓ -44% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $116.96 | ↓ -42% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $135.56 | ↓ -33% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $142.54 | ↓ -29% |
| INTERGROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $144.90 | ↓ -28% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $155.25 | ↓ -23% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $155.25 | ↓ -23% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MANAGED MEDICAID | $161.44 | ↓ -20% |
| LHP HEALTH | ALL PRODUCTS | $163.53 | ↓ -19% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $163.53 | ↓ -19% |
| CIGNA | BH | $165.60 | ↓ -18% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $175.95 | ↓ -13% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $175.95 | ↓ -13% |
| CHN | ALL PRODUCTS | $175.95 | ↓ -13% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $182.57 | ↓ -10% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $182.57 | ↓ -10% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $182.57 | ↓ -10% |
| AETNA | PPO | $197.06 | ↓ -2% |
| AETNA | ASA | $197.06 | ↓ -2% |
| AETNA | HMO | $197.06 | ↓ -2% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $197.15 | ↓ -2% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $197.52 | ↓ -2% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $198.16 | ↓ -2% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $199.42 | ↓ -1% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $200.27 | ↓ -1% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $200.27 | ↓ -1% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $201.80 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $201.80 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $201.80 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $201.80 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $201.80 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $201.80 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | FEDERAL | $201.87 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $201.87 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $207.00 | ↑ +3% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $207.00 | ↑ +3% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $211.89 | ↑ +5% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $47.86 | $15.30 – $374.56 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $54.03 | $15.75 – $384.50 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $52.88 | $15.75 – $372.69 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $50.71 | $15.75 – $382.58 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $53.11 | $15.75 – $384.50 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $189.67 | $34.53 – $306.15 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $187.28 | $16.50 – $187.28 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $189.84 | $16.50 – $325.17 |