Red blood cells each unit at Hackensack University Medical Center
30 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1457456279
$169.96
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.
$1,168.00
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.
$135.97 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $1,168.00 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.
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 |
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| OPTUM HEALTH | MANAGED MEDICAID | $135.97 | ↓ -20% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $165.68 | ↓ -3% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $169.96 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $169.96 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $169.96 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $169.96 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $169.96 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $169.96 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $178.46 | ↑ +5% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $210.24 | ↑ +24% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $286.26 | ↑ +68% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $293.17 | ↑ +72% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $334.05 | ↑ +97% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $489.00 | ↑ +188% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $518.00 | ↑ +205% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $764.92 | ↑ +350% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $804.28 | ↑ +373% |
| INTERGROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $817.60 | ↑ +381% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $876.00 | ↑ +415% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $876.00 | ↑ +415% |
| LHP HEALTH | ALL PRODUCTS | $922.72 | ↑ +443% |
| CIGNA | BH | $934.40 | ↑ +450% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $992.80 | ↑ +484% |
| CHN | ALL PRODUCTS | $992.80 | ↑ +484% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $992.80 | ↑ +484% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $1,030.18 | ↑ +506% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $1,030.18 | ↑ +506% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $1,030.18 | ↑ +506% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,051.20 | ↑ +518% |
| AETNA | ASA | $1,111.94 | ↑ +554% |
| AETNA | PPO | $1,111.94 | ↑ +554% |
| AETNA | HMO | $1,111.94 | ↑ +554% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $1,112.40 | ↑ +555% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $1,118.13 | ↑ +558% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $1,125.25 | ↑ +562% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $1,130.04 | ↑ +565% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $1,130.04 | ↑ +565% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $1,139.03 | ↑ +570% |
| HORIZON | FEDERAL | $1,139.03 | ↑ +570% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $1,168.00 | ↑ +587% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $1,168.00 | ↑ +587% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Red blood cells each unit at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $106.80 | $157.72 – $315.44 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $120.57 | $161.92 – $323.84 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $113.17 | $161.92 – $322.22 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $118.52 | $161.92 – $323.84 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $159.74 | $159.74 – $357.00 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $157.72 | $144.32 – $356.00 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $159.88 | $144.32 – $382.00 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $159.74 | $159.74 – $380.00 |