Aspir/inj thyroid cyst 60300 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

$828.59

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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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$1,253.00

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.

$100.41 with KARNA vs $16,802.00 with HORIZON — 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $100.41 ↓ -88%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $225.54 ↓ -73%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $314.50 ↓ -62%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $358.36 ↓ -57%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $662.87 ↓ -20%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $813.63 ↓ -2%
HORIZON OMNIA $820.59 ↓ -1%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $828.59 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $828.59 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $828.59 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $828.59 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $828.59 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $828.59 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $870.02 ↑ +5%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $877.10 ↑ +6%
HORIZON PIP $939.75 ↑ +13%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $939.75 ↑ +13%
CIGNA BH $1,002.40 ↑ +21%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $1,027.46 ↑ +24%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,065.05 ↑ +29%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $1,065.05 ↑ +29%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,065.05 ↑ +29%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,115.17 ↑ +35%
QUALCARE PPO $1,115.17 ↑ +35%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,127.70 ↑ +36%
CIGNA HMO $1,139.48 ↑ +38%
CIGNA PPO $1,139.48 ↑ +38%
HORIZON HMO $1,193.36 ↑ +44%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,199.50 ↑ +45%
HORIZON SHP $1,207.14 ↑ +46%
HORIZON FEDERAL $1,221.93 ↑ +47%
HORIZON PPO $1,221.93 ↑ +47%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,728.00 ↑ +229%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $4,721.00 ↑ +470%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $5,606.00 ↑ +577%
QUALCARE HMO $7,712.00 ↑ +831%
AETNA HMO $7,773.00 ↑ +838%
AETNA ASA $7,773.00 ↑ +838%
AETNA PPO $7,773.00 ↑ +838%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,013.00 ↑ +867%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,904.00 ↑ +975%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +1928%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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