Axillary lymphadenect/superficial 38740 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

$6,870.89

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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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$10,534.00

Gross charge

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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.

$1,503.43 with KARNA vs $29,297.00 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,503.43 ↓ -78%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,896.12 ↓ -72%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $2,644.03 ↓ -62%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,728.00 ↓ -60%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $3,012.72 ↓ -56%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $3,548.00 ↓ -48%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $5,496.71 ↓ -20%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,672.53 ↓ -3%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,870.89 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $6,870.89 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $6,870.89 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,870.89 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,870.89 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,870.89 ↑ +0%
HORIZON OMNIA $6,898.72 ↑ +0%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $7,057.81 ↑ +3%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,214.44 ↑ +5%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $7,373.80 ↑ +7%
QUALCARE HMO $7,712.00 ↑ +12%
AETNA PPO $7,773.00 ↑ +13%
AETNA HMO $7,773.00 ↑ +13%
AETNA ASA $7,773.00 ↑ +13%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $7,900.50 ↑ +15%
HORIZON PIP $7,900.50 ↑ +15%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,013.00 ↑ +17%
CIGNA HMO $8,357.00 ↑ +22%
CIGNA BH $8,427.20 ↑ +23%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $8,539.00 ↑ +24%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,904.00 ↑ +30%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $8,953.90 ↑ +30%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $9,375.26 ↑ +36%
QUALCARE PPO $9,375.26 ↑ +36%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,480.60 ↑ +38%
CIGNA PPO $9,579.62 ↑ +39%
HORIZON HMO $10,032.58 ↑ +46%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $10,084.20 ↑ +47%
HORIZON SHP $10,148.46 ↑ +48%
HORIZON FEDERAL $10,272.76 ↑ +50%
HORIZON PPO $10,272.76 ↑ +50%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +145%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $21,696.00 ↑ +216%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $29,297.00 ↑ +326%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Axillary lymphadenect/superficial 38740 at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $6,457.82 $6,457.82 – $7,749.38
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $6,376.26 $1,461.37 – $7,651.51
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Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $6,457.82 $1,461.37 – $7,749.38
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $6,870.89 $1,503.43 – $7,489.27
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $6,463.42 $1,503.43 – $7,756.10
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $6,457.82 $1,461.37 – $7,749.38
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $6,376.26 $1,461.37 – $7,651.51

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