T4 (thyroxine) free 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

$9.02

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.

$162.00

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.

$7.22 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $123.58 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 $7.22 ↓ -20%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.02 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $9.02 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.02 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $9.02 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $9.02 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.02 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $9.02 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.02 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.02 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.02 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.47 ↑ +5%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $11.28 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.00 ↑ +33%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $13.81 ↑ +53%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $14.87 ↑ +65%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $27.50 ↑ +205%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $31.08 ↑ +245%
HORIZON OMNIA $36.02 ↑ +299%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $37.87 ↑ +320%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $38.50 ↑ +327%
CIGNA HMO $40.50 ↑ +349%
CIGNA PPO $40.50 ↑ +349%
HORIZON PIP $41.25 ↑ +357%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $41.25 ↑ +357%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $43.45 ↑ +382%
CIGNA BH $44.00 ↑ +388%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $46.75 ↑ +418%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $46.75 ↑ +418%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $46.75 ↑ +418%
QUALCARE PPO $48.51 ↑ +438%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $48.51 ↑ +438%
QUALCARE HMO $48.51 ↑ +438%
HORIZON HMO $52.38 ↑ +481%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $52.65 ↑ +484%
HORIZON SHP $52.99 ↑ +487%
HORIZON FEDERAL $53.64 ↑ +495%
HORIZON PPO $53.64 ↑ +495%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $55.00 ↑ +510%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $55.00 ↑ +510%
AETNA PPO $123.58 ↑ +1270%
AETNA HMO $123.58 ↑ +1270%
AETNA ASA $123.58 ↑ +1270%

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T4 (thyroxine) free at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Carrier Clinic Belle Mead $64.80 $23.49 – $91.04
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $9.92 $4.24 – $41.69
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $9.92 $4.24 – $37.39
Community Medical Center Toms River $9.92 $4.24 – $37.39
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $9.92 $4.24 – $37.39
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Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $9.92 $4.24 – $37.39
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $9.92 $4.24 – $37.39

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