Unlisted cytogenetic study 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

$62.92

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.

$2,308.00

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.

$50.34 with OPTUM HEALTH vs $449.00 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 $50.34 ↓ -20%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $62.66 ↓ -0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $62.92 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $62.92 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $62.92 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $62.92 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $62.92 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $62.92 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $66.07 ↑ +5%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $112.70 ↑ +79%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $128.41 ↑ +104%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $222.26 ↑ +253%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $224.50 ↑ +257%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $253.69 ↑ +303%
HORIZON OMNIA $294.05 ↑ +367%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $309.18 ↑ +391%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $314.30 ↑ +400%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $336.75 ↑ +435%
HORIZON PIP $336.75 ↑ +435%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $354.71 ↑ +464%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $354.71 ↑ +464%
CIGNA BH $359.20 ↑ +471%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $381.65 ↑ +507%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $381.65 ↑ +507%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $381.65 ↑ +507%
QUALCARE HMO $396.02 ↑ +529%
QUALCARE PPO $396.02 ↑ +529%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $396.02 ↑ +529%
AETNA ASA $427.45 ↑ +579%
AETNA HMO $427.45 ↑ +579%
AETNA PPO $427.45 ↑ +579%
HORIZON HMO $427.63 ↑ +580%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $429.83 ↑ +583%
HORIZON SHP $432.57 ↑ +587%
CIGNA HMO $434.41 ↑ +590%
CIGNA PPO $434.41 ↑ +590%
HORIZON PPO $437.86 ↑ +596%
HORIZON FEDERAL $437.86 ↑ +596%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $449.00 ↑ +614%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $449.00 ↑ +614%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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