Rbc osmotic fragility 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

$7.47

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.

$174.00

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.

$5.98 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $174.00 with AMERIHEALTH — 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 $5.98 ↓ -20%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $7.14 ↓ -4%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $7.47 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $7.47 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.47 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.47 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $7.47 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.47 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.47 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.47 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $7.47 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.47 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.84 ↑ +5%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $9.34 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.94 ↑ +33%
CIGNA HMO $33.54 ↑ +349%
CIGNA PPO $33.54 ↑ +349%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $43.67 ↑ +485%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $87.00 ↑ +1065%
AETNA ASA $91.61 ↑ +1126%
AETNA HMO $91.61 ↑ +1126%
AETNA PPO $91.61 ↑ +1126%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $98.31 ↑ +1216%
HORIZON OMNIA $113.95 ↑ +1425%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $119.82 ↑ +1504%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $121.80 ↑ +1531%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $130.50 ↑ +1647%
HORIZON PIP $130.50 ↑ +1647%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $137.46 ↑ +1740%
CIGNA BH $139.20 ↑ +1763%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $147.90 ↑ +1880%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $147.90 ↑ +1880%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $147.90 ↑ +1880%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $153.47 ↑ +1954%
QUALCARE PPO $153.47 ↑ +1954%
QUALCARE HMO $153.47 ↑ +1954%
HORIZON HMO $165.72 ↑ +2118%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $166.57 ↑ +2130%
HORIZON SHP $167.63 ↑ +2144%
HORIZON PPO $169.68 ↑ +2171%
HORIZON FEDERAL $169.68 ↑ +2171%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $174.00 ↑ +2229%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $174.00 ↑ +2229%

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