Protein total body fluid 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

$4.00

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.

$95.00

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.

$1.76 with AETNA vs $50.25 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1.76 ↓ -56%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $3.20 ↓ -20%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $3.50 ↓ -13%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $3.88 ↓ -3%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $3.96 ↓ -1%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $4.00 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $4.00 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.00 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.00 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.00 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.00 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.00 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $4.00 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.00 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $4.00 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.20 ↑ +5%
HORIZON OMNIA $4.58 ↑ +15%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $4.82 ↑ +21%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $4.90 ↑ +23%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $5.00 ↑ +25%
HORIZON PIP $5.25 ↑ +31%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $5.25 ↑ +31%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.32 ↑ +33%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $5.53 ↑ +38%
CIGNA BH $5.60 ↑ +40%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $5.95 ↑ +49%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $5.95 ↑ +49%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $5.95 ↑ +49%
QUALCARE HMO $6.17 ↑ +54%
QUALCARE PPO $6.17 ↑ +54%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $6.17 ↑ +54%
HORIZON HMO $6.67 ↑ +67%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $6.70 ↑ +68%
HORIZON SHP $6.74 ↑ +69%
HORIZON PPO $6.83 ↑ +71%
HORIZON FEDERAL $6.83 ↑ +71%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $7.00 ↑ +75%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $7.00 ↑ +75%
CIGNA HMO $17.96 ↑ +349%
CIGNA PPO $17.96 ↑ +349%
AETNA PPO $50.25 ↑ +1156%
AETNA HMO $50.25 ↑ +1156%
AETNA ASA $50.25 ↑ +1156%

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