Reticulated platelet assay 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

$35.74

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.

$98.00

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.

$12.30 with AETNA vs $366.93 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 $12.30 ↓ -66%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $24.50 ↓ -31%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $27.69 ↓ -23%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $28.59 ↓ -20%
HORIZON OMNIA $32.09 ↓ -10%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $33.74 ↓ -6%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $34.30 ↓ -4%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.74 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.74 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $35.74 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.74 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.74 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.74 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.74 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $35.74 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $35.74 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $35.74 ↑ +0%
HORIZON PIP $36.75 ↑ +3%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $36.75 ↑ +3%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $37.53 ↑ +5%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $38.71 ↑ +8%
CIGNA BH $39.20 ↑ +10%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $41.65 ↑ +17%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $41.65 ↑ +17%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $41.65 ↑ +17%
QUALCARE PPO $43.22 ↑ +21%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $43.22 ↑ +21%
QUALCARE HMO $43.22 ↑ +21%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $44.68 ↑ +25%
HORIZON HMO $46.67 ↑ +31%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $46.91 ↑ +31%
HORIZON SHP $47.21 ↑ +32%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $47.53 ↑ +33%
HORIZON PPO $47.78 ↑ +34%
HORIZON FEDERAL $47.78 ↑ +34%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $49.00 ↑ +37%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $49.00 ↑ +37%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $56.49 ↑ +58%
CIGNA HMO $160.49 ↑ +349%
CIGNA PPO $160.49 ↑ +349%
AETNA HMO $366.93 ↑ +927%
AETNA PPO $366.93 ↑ +927%
AETNA ASA $366.93 ↑ +927%

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Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $39.31 $16.80 – $145.54
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