Scr c/v cyto,thinlayer,rescr at Hackensack University Medical Center
30 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1457456279
$27.05
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.
$237.00
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.
$21.64 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $277.62 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPTUM HEALTH | MANAGED MEDICAID | $21.64 | ↓ -20% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $27.05 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $27.05 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $27.05 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $27.05 | ↑ +0% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $27.05 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $27.05 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $27.05 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $27.05 | ↑ +0% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $27.05 | ↑ +0% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $27.05 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $28.40 | ↑ +5% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $28.92 | ↑ +7% |
| LHP HEALTH | ALL PRODUCTS | $33.81 | ↑ +25% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $35.98 | ↑ +33% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $59.49 | ↑ +120% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $118.50 | ↑ +338% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $121.47 | ↑ +349% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $121.47 | ↑ +349% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $133.91 | ↑ +395% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $155.21 | ↑ +474% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $163.20 | ↑ +503% |
| INTERGROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $165.90 | ↑ +513% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $177.75 | ↑ +557% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $177.75 | ↑ +557% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $187.23 | ↑ +592% |
| CIGNA | BH | $189.60 | ↑ +601% |
| CHN | ALL PRODUCTS | $201.45 | ↑ +645% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $201.45 | ↑ +645% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $201.45 | ↑ +645% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $209.03 | ↑ +673% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $209.03 | ↑ +673% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $209.03 | ↑ +673% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $225.72 | ↑ +734% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $226.88 | ↑ +739% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $228.33 | ↑ +744% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $231.12 | ↑ +754% |
| HORIZON | FEDERAL | $231.12 | ↑ +754% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $237.00 | ↑ +776% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $237.00 | ↑ +776% |
| AETNA | HMO | $277.62 | ↑ +926% |
| AETNA | ASA | $277.62 | ↑ +926% |
| AETNA | PPO | $277.62 | ↑ +926% |
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| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $29.76 | $12.71 – $110.82 |
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| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $29.76 | $12.71 – $110.82 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $29.76 | $12.71 – $110.82 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $29.76 | $12.71 – $110.82 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $29.76 | $12.71 – $110.82 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $29.76 | $12.71 – $110.82 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $27.05 | $27.05 – $123.95 |