Sodium 24 hour urine 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

$5.06

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.

$72.00

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.

$4.05 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $72.00 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 $4.05 ↓ -20%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.06 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $5.06 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.06 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.06 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $5.06 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $5.06 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.06 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $5.06 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.06 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.06 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.31 ↑ +5%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $5.80 ↑ +15%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $6.33 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.73 ↑ +33%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $18.07 ↑ +257%
CIGNA PPO $22.72 ↑ +349%
CIGNA HMO $22.72 ↑ +349%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $36.00 ↑ +611%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $40.68 ↑ +704%
HORIZON OMNIA $47.15 ↑ +832%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $49.58 ↑ +880%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $50.40 ↑ +896%
HORIZON PIP $54.00 ↑ +967%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $54.00 ↑ +967%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $56.88 ↑ +1024%
CIGNA BH $57.60 ↑ +1038%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $61.20 ↑ +1109%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $61.20 ↑ +1109%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $61.20 ↑ +1109%
QUALCARE PPO $63.50 ↑ +1155%
QUALCARE HMO $63.50 ↑ +1155%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $63.50 ↑ +1155%
AETNA HMO $66.63 ↑ +1217%
AETNA ASA $66.63 ↑ +1217%
AETNA PPO $66.63 ↑ +1217%
HORIZON HMO $68.57 ↑ +1255%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $68.93 ↑ +1262%
HORIZON SHP $69.36 ↑ +1271%
HORIZON PPO $70.21 ↑ +1288%
HORIZON FEDERAL $70.21 ↑ +1288%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $72.00 ↑ +1323%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $72.00 ↑ +1323%

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