Puncture arterial withdrawal blood for diagnosis 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

$151.80

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$244.00

Gross charge

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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.

$30.84 with KARNA vs $16,802.00 with HORIZON — 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

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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $30.84 ↓ -80%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $43.92 ↓ -71%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $61.24 ↓ -60%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $69.78 ↓ -54%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $120.78 ↓ -20%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $121.44 ↓ -20%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $147.72 ↓ -3%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $151.80 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $151.80 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $151.80 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $151.80 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $151.80 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $151.80 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $159.39 ↑ +5%
HORIZON OMNIA $159.80 ↑ +5%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $170.80 ↑ +13%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $176.07 ↑ +16%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $179.27 ↑ +18%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $183.00 ↑ +21%
HORIZON PIP $183.00 ↑ +21%
CIGNA BH $195.20 ↑ +29%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $200.08 ↑ +32%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $207.40 ↑ +37%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $207.40 ↑ +37%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $207.40 ↑ +37%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $215.21 ↑ +42%
QUALCARE HMO $215.21 ↑ +42%
QUALCARE PPO $215.21 ↑ +42%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $219.60 ↑ +45%
HORIZON HMO $232.39 ↑ +53%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $233.58 ↑ +54%
HORIZON SHP $235.07 ↑ +55%
CIGNA PPO $236.07 ↑ +56%
CIGNA HMO $236.07 ↑ +56%
HORIZON PPO $237.95 ↑ +57%
HORIZON FEDERAL $237.95 ↑ +57%
AETNA PPO $7,773.00 ↑ +5021%
AETNA ASA $7,773.00 ↑ +5021%
AETNA HMO $7,773.00 ↑ +5021%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,013.00 ↑ +5179%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,904.00 ↑ +5766%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +10969%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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