Smear wet mount at Hackensack University Medical Center
30 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1457456279
$5.82
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.
$62.00
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.
$3.57 with HORIZON vs $62.00 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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| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $3.57 | ↓ -39% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MANAGED MEDICAID | $4.66 | ↓ -20% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $5.82 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $5.82 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $5.82 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $5.82 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $5.82 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $5.82 | ↑ +0% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $5.82 | ↑ +0% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $5.82 | ↑ +0% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $5.82 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $5.82 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6.11 | ↑ +5% |
| LHP HEALTH | ALL PRODUCTS | $7.28 | ↑ +25% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $15.56 | ↑ +167% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $26.13 | ↑ +349% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $26.13 | ↑ +349% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $31.00 | ↑ +433% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $35.03 | ↑ +502% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $40.60 | ↑ +598% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $42.69 | ↑ +634% |
| INTERGROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $43.40 | ↑ +646% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $46.50 | ↑ +699% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $46.50 | ↑ +699% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $48.98 | ↑ +742% |
| CIGNA | BH | $49.60 | ↑ +752% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $52.70 | ↑ +805% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $52.70 | ↑ +805% |
| CHN | ALL PRODUCTS | $52.70 | ↑ +805% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $54.68 | ↑ +840% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $54.68 | ↑ +840% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $54.68 | ↑ +840% |
| AETNA | ASA | $58.54 | ↑ +906% |
| AETNA | PPO | $58.54 | ↑ +906% |
| AETNA | HMO | $58.54 | ↑ +906% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $59.05 | ↑ +915% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $59.35 | ↑ +920% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $59.73 | ↑ +926% |
| HORIZON | FEDERAL | $60.46 | ↑ +939% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $60.46 | ↑ +939% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $62.00 | ↑ +965% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $62.00 | ↑ +965% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $6.40 | $2.74 – $24.03 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $6.40 | $2.74 – $24.03 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $6.40 | $2.74 – $24.03 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $6.40 | $2.74 – $24.03 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $6.40 | $2.74 – $24.03 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $6.40 | $2.74 – $24.03 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $6.40 | $2.74 – $24.03 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $5.82 | $5.82 – $26.67 |