Bx nasopharynx/unknown pri lesion 42806 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

$3,819.23

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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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$7,068.00

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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.

$311.44 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 $311.44 ↓ -92%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,272.24 ↓ -67%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,774.07 ↓ -54%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,021.45 ↓ -47%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,728.00 ↓ -29%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $3,055.39 ↓ -20%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $3,548.00 ↓ -7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,723.23 ↓ -3%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,819.23 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,819.23 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,819.23 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,819.23 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3,819.23 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,819.23 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,010.20 ↑ +5%
HORIZON OMNIA $4,628.83 ↑ +21%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $4,947.60 ↑ +30%
HORIZON PIP $5,301.00 ↑ +39%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $5,301.00 ↑ +39%
CIGNA BH $5,654.40 ↑ +48%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $6,007.80 ↑ +57%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $6,007.80 ↑ +57%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $6,007.80 ↑ +57%
QUALCARE PPO $6,290.52 ↑ +65%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $6,290.52 ↑ +65%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $6,361.20 ↑ +67%
CIGNA HMO $6,427.64 ↑ +68%
CIGNA PPO $6,427.64 ↑ +68%
HORIZON HMO $6,731.56 ↑ +76%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $6,766.20 ↑ +77%
HORIZON SHP $6,809.31 ↑ +78%
HORIZON FEDERAL $6,892.71 ↑ +80%
HORIZON PPO $6,892.71 ↑ +80%
QUALCARE HMO $7,712.00 ↑ +102%
AETNA PPO $7,773.00 ↑ +104%
AETNA ASA $7,773.00 ↑ +104%
AETNA HMO $7,773.00 ↑ +104%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,013.00 ↑ +110%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,904.00 ↑ +133%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $9,571.00 ↑ +151%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $11,528.00 ↑ +202%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +340%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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