Urine pregnancy test 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

$8.61

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.

$138.00

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.

$4.46 with HORIZON vs $138.00 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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $4.46 ↓ -48%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $6.89 ↓ -20%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.61 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.61 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $8.61 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.61 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $8.61 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $8.61 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.61 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $8.61 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.61 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.61 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.04 ↑ +5%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $10.76 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.45 ↑ +33%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $34.64 ↑ +302%
CIGNA HMO $38.66 ↑ +349%
CIGNA PPO $38.66 ↑ +349%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $69.00 ↑ +701%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $77.97 ↑ +806%
AETNA HMO $86.61 ↑ +906%
AETNA PPO $86.61 ↑ +906%
AETNA ASA $86.61 ↑ +906%
HORIZON OMNIA $90.38 ↑ +950%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $95.03 ↑ +1004%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $96.60 ↑ +1022%
HORIZON PIP $103.50 ↑ +1102%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $103.50 ↑ +1102%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $109.02 ↑ +1166%
CIGNA BH $110.40 ↑ +1182%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $117.30 ↑ +1262%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $117.30 ↑ +1262%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $117.30 ↑ +1262%
QUALCARE HMO $121.72 ↑ +1314%
QUALCARE PPO $121.72 ↑ +1314%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $121.72 ↑ +1314%
HORIZON HMO $131.43 ↑ +1426%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $132.11 ↑ +1434%
HORIZON SHP $132.95 ↑ +1444%
HORIZON FEDERAL $134.58 ↑ +1463%
HORIZON PPO $134.58 ↑ +1463%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $138.00 ↑ +1503%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $138.00 ↑ +1503%

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