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Thyroid (TSH) Test at Hackensack University Medical Center
30 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1457456279
$16.80
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.
$286.00
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.
$11.55 with AETNA vs $230.27 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $11.55 | ↓ -31% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MANAGED MEDICAID | $13.44 | ↓ -20% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $16.80 | ↑ +0% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $16.80 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $16.80 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $16.80 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $16.80 | ↑ +0% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $16.80 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $16.80 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $16.80 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $16.80 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $16.80 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $17.64 | ↑ +5% |
| LHP HEALTH | ALL PRODUCTS | $21.00 | ↑ +25% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $22.34 | ↑ +33% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $23.00 | ↑ +37% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $25.99 | ↑ +55% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $30.13 | ↑ +79% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $31.68 | ↑ +89% |
| INTERGROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $32.20 | ↑ +92% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $34.50 | ↑ +105% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $34.50 | ↑ +105% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $36.34 | ↑ +116% |
| CIGNA | BH | $36.80 | ↑ +119% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $37.17 | ↑ +121% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $39.10 | ↑ +133% |
| CHN | ALL PRODUCTS | $39.10 | ↑ +133% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $39.10 | ↑ +133% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $40.57 | ↑ +141% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $40.57 | ↑ +141% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $40.57 | ↑ +141% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $43.81 | ↑ +161% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $44.04 | ↑ +162% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $44.32 | ↑ +164% |
| HORIZON | FEDERAL | $44.86 | ↑ +167% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $44.86 | ↑ +167% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $46.00 | ↑ +174% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $46.00 | ↑ +174% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $75.44 | ↑ +349% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $75.44 | ↑ +349% |
| AETNA | PPO | $230.27 | ↑ +1271% |
| AETNA | ASA | $230.27 | ↑ +1271% |
| AETNA | HMO | $230.27 | ↑ +1271% |
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Thyroid (TSH) Test at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrier Clinic | Belle Mead | $106.40 | $38.57 – $149.49 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $16.80 | $16.80 – $39.52 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $16.80 | $6.53 – $76.98 |