Biopsy external ear 69100 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

$273.48

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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$1,194.00

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.

$97.84 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 $97.84 ↓ -64%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $214.92 ↓ -21%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $218.78 ↓ -20%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $273.48 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $273.48 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $273.48 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $273.48 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $273.48 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $273.48 ↑ +0%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $282.47 ↑ +3%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $287.15 ↑ +5%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $299.69 ↑ +10%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $341.48 ↑ +25%
HORIZON OMNIA $781.95 ↑ +186%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $835.80 ↑ +206%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $895.50 ↑ +227%
HORIZON PIP $895.50 ↑ +227%
CIGNA BH $955.20 ↑ +249%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $979.08 ↑ +258%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $1,014.90 ↑ +271%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,014.90 ↑ +271%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,014.90 ↑ +271%
QUALCARE PPO $1,062.66 ↑ +289%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,062.66 ↑ +289%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,074.60 ↑ +293%
CIGNA PPO $1,085.82 ↑ +297%
CIGNA HMO $1,085.82 ↑ +297%
HORIZON HMO $1,137.17 ↑ +316%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,143.02 ↑ +318%
HORIZON SHP $1,150.30 ↑ +321%
HORIZON FEDERAL $1,164.39 ↑ +326%
HORIZON PPO $1,164.39 ↑ +326%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,728.00 ↑ +898%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $3,205.00 ↑ +1072%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $3,756.00 ↑ +1273%
QUALCARE HMO $7,712.00 ↑ +2720%
AETNA PPO $7,773.00 ↑ +2742%
AETNA HMO $7,773.00 ↑ +2742%
AETNA ASA $7,773.00 ↑ +2742%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,013.00 ↑ +2830%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,904.00 ↑ +3156%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +6044%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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