Thyroid uptake measurement 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

$473.22

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.

$877.00

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.

$55.16 with HORIZON vs $1,166.24 with OXFORD — 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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $55.16 ↓ -88%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $112.31 ↓ -76%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $112.31 ↓ -76%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $157.86 ↓ -67%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $158.23 ↓ -67%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $220.13 ↓ -53%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $250.82 ↓ -47%
AETNA HMO $255.14 ↓ -46%
AETNA PPO $255.14 ↓ -46%
AETNA ASA $255.14 ↓ -46%
CIGNA PPO $258.21 ↓ -45%
CIGNA HMO $258.21 ↓ -45%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $378.58 ↓ -20%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $473.22 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $473.22 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $473.22 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $473.22 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $473.22 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $473.22 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $476.96 ↑ +1%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $496.88 ↑ +5%
HORIZON OMNIA $574.35 ↑ +21%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $603.90 ↑ +28%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $613.90 ↑ +30%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $657.75 ↑ +39%
HORIZON PIP $657.75 ↑ +39%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $692.83 ↑ +46%
CIGNA BH $701.60 ↑ +48%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $745.45 ↑ +58%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $745.45 ↑ +58%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $745.45 ↑ +58%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $773.51 ↑ +63%
QUALCARE HMO $773.51 ↑ +63%
QUALCARE PPO $773.51 ↑ +63%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $789.30 ↑ +67%
HORIZON HMO $835.25 ↑ +77%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $839.55 ↑ +77%
HORIZON SHP $844.90 ↑ +79%
HORIZON PPO $855.25 ↑ +81%
HORIZON FEDERAL $855.25 ↑ +81%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,166.24 ↑ +146%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,166.24 ↑ +146%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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