Screening HIV antigen/antibody combination 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

$24.08

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$312.00

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.

$19.26 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $329.97 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
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $19.26 ↓ -20%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24.08 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24.08 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $24.08 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $24.08 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $24.08 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24.08 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $24.08 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24.08 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24.08 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24.08 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $25.28 ↑ +5%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $30.10 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $32.03 ↑ +33%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $78.31 ↑ +225%
CIGNA HMO $108.13 ↑ +349%
CIGNA PPO $108.13 ↑ +349%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $154.44 ↑ +541%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $156.00 ↑ +548%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $176.28 ↑ +632%
HORIZON OMNIA $204.33 ↑ +749%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $214.84 ↑ +792%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $218.40 ↑ +807%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $234.00 ↑ +872%
HORIZON PIP $234.00 ↑ +872%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $246.48 ↑ +924%
CIGNA BH $249.60 ↑ +937%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $265.20 ↑ +1001%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $265.20 ↑ +1001%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $265.20 ↑ +1001%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $275.18 ↑ +1043%
QUALCARE PPO $275.18 ↑ +1043%
QUALCARE HMO $275.18 ↑ +1043%
HORIZON HMO $297.15 ↑ +1134%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $298.68 ↑ +1140%
HORIZON SHP $300.58 ↑ +1148%
HORIZON PPO $304.26 ↑ +1164%
HORIZON FEDERAL $304.26 ↑ +1164%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $312.00 ↑ +1196%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $312.00 ↑ +1196%
AETNA HMO $329.97 ↑ +1270%
AETNA ASA $329.97 ↑ +1270%
AETNA PPO $329.97 ↑ +1270%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $26.49 $11.32 – $98.81
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $26.49 $11.32 – $98.81
Community Medical Center Toms River $26.49 $11.32 – $98.81
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Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $26.49 $11.32 – $98.81
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $26.49 $11.32 – $98.81
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $26.49 $11.32 – $98.81
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $24.08 $24.08 – $110.34

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