Screening prostate cancer PSA 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

$19.31

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.

$325.00

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.

$15.45 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $325.00 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 $15.45 ↓ -20%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.31 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.31 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $19.31 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $19.31 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $19.31 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.31 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $19.31 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.31 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.31 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.31 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.28 ↑ +5%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $24.14 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $25.68 ↑ +33%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $26.26 ↑ +36%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $81.58 ↑ +322%
CIGNA HMO $86.71 ↑ +349%
CIGNA PPO $86.71 ↑ +349%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $162.50 ↑ +742%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $183.63 ↑ +851%
HORIZON OMNIA $212.84 ↑ +1002%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $223.80 ↑ +1059%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $227.50 ↑ +1078%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $243.75 ↑ +1162%
HORIZON PIP $243.75 ↑ +1162%
AETNA PPO $252.05 ↑ +1205%
AETNA ASA $252.05 ↑ +1205%
AETNA HMO $252.05 ↑ +1205%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $256.75 ↑ +1230%
CIGNA BH $260.00 ↑ +1246%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $276.25 ↑ +1331%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $276.25 ↑ +1331%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $276.25 ↑ +1331%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $286.65 ↑ +1384%
QUALCARE PPO $286.65 ↑ +1384%
QUALCARE HMO $286.65 ↑ +1384%
HORIZON HMO $309.53 ↑ +1503%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $311.12 ↑ +1511%
HORIZON SHP $313.11 ↑ +1521%
HORIZON PPO $316.94 ↑ +1541%
HORIZON FEDERAL $316.94 ↑ +1541%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $325.00 ↑ +1583%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $325.00 ↑ +1583%

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