Zika virus dna/rna amp probe 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

$51.31

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.

$251.00

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.

$37.67 with HORIZON vs $632.87 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.

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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 $37.67 ↓ -27%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $41.05 ↓ -20%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $51.31 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $51.31 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $51.31 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $51.31 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $51.31 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $51.31 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $51.31 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $51.31 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $51.31 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $51.31 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $53.88 ↑ +5%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $63.00 ↑ +23%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $64.14 ↑ +25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $68.24 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $125.50 ↑ +145%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $141.82 ↑ +176%
HORIZON OMNIA $164.38 ↑ +220%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $172.84 ↑ +237%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $175.70 ↑ +242%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $188.25 ↑ +267%
HORIZON PIP $188.25 ↑ +267%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $198.29 ↑ +286%
CIGNA BH $200.80 ↑ +291%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $213.35 ↑ +316%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $213.35 ↑ +316%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $213.35 ↑ +316%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $221.38 ↑ +331%
QUALCARE PPO $221.38 ↑ +331%
QUALCARE HMO $221.38 ↑ +331%
CIGNA HMO $230.41 ↑ +349%
CIGNA PPO $230.41 ↑ +349%
HORIZON HMO $239.05 ↑ +366%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $240.28 ↑ +368%
HORIZON SHP $241.81 ↑ +371%
HORIZON FEDERAL $244.78 ↑ +377%
HORIZON PPO $244.78 ↑ +377%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $251.00 ↑ +389%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $251.00 ↑ +389%
AETNA ASA $632.87 ↑ +1133%
AETNA PPO $632.87 ↑ +1133%
AETNA HMO $632.87 ↑ +1133%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $56.44 $24.12 – $209.62
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $56.44 $24.12 – $209.62
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Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $56.44 $24.12 – $209.62
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $56.44 $24.12 – $209.62
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $51.31 $51.31 – $235.12

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