Treatment inhalation continuous aerosol medication acute airway obstruction 1st hour 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

$151.80

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.

$479.00

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.

$86.22 with CLOVER vs $794.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $86.22 ↓ -43%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $108.61 ↓ -28%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $120.23 ↓ -21%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $121.44 ↓ -20%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $136.99 ↓ -10%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $147.72 ↓ -3%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $151.80 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $151.80 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $151.80 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $151.80 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $151.80 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $151.80 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $159.39 ↑ +5%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $237.11 ↑ +56%
HORIZON OMNIA $313.70 ↑ +107%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $329.84 ↑ +117%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $335.30 ↑ +121%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $359.25 ↑ +137%
HORIZON PIP $359.25 ↑ +137%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $378.41 ↑ +149%
CIGNA BH $383.20 ↑ +152%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $407.15 ↑ +168%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $407.15 ↑ +168%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $407.15 ↑ +168%
QUALCARE PPO $422.48 ↑ +178%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $422.48 ↑ +178%
QUALCARE HMO $422.48 ↑ +178%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $431.10 ↑ +184%
AETNA ASA $456.01 ↑ +200%
AETNA HMO $456.01 ↑ +200%
AETNA PPO $456.01 ↑ +200%
HORIZON HMO $456.20 ↑ +201%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $458.55 ↑ +202%
HORIZON SHP $461.47 ↑ +204%
CIGNA PPO $463.43 ↑ +205%
CIGNA HMO $463.43 ↑ +205%
HORIZON PPO $467.12 ↑ +208%
HORIZON FEDERAL $467.12 ↑ +208%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $479.00 ↑ +216%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $479.00 ↑ +216%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $566.00 ↑ +273%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $794.00 ↑ +423%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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