Protein s total 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

$11.61

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.

$252.00

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.

$9.29 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $159.04 with AETNA — 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 $9.29 ↓ -20%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $11.55 ↓ -1%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $11.61 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.61 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $11.61 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $11.61 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.61 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.61 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $11.61 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.61 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.61 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.61 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.19 ↑ +5%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $14.51 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.44 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $23.00 ↑ +98%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $23.79 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $25.99 ↑ +124%
HORIZON OMNIA $30.13 ↑ +160%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $31.68 ↑ +173%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $32.20 ↑ +177%
HORIZON PIP $34.50 ↑ +197%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $34.50 ↑ +197%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $36.34 ↑ +213%
CIGNA BH $36.80 ↑ +217%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $39.10 ↑ +237%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $39.10 ↑ +237%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $39.10 ↑ +237%
QUALCARE HMO $40.57 ↑ +249%
QUALCARE PPO $40.57 ↑ +249%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $40.57 ↑ +249%
HORIZON HMO $43.81 ↑ +277%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $44.04 ↑ +279%
HORIZON SHP $44.32 ↑ +282%
HORIZON FEDERAL $44.86 ↑ +286%
HORIZON PPO $44.86 ↑ +286%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $46.00 ↑ +296%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $46.00 ↑ +296%
CIGNA HMO $52.13 ↑ +349%
CIGNA PPO $52.13 ↑ +349%
AETNA PPO $159.04 ↑ +1270%
AETNA HMO $159.04 ↑ +1270%
AETNA ASA $159.04 ↑ +1270%

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