Laryngoscopy w/biopsy at Hackensack University Medical Center
30 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1457456279
$4,341.97
Cash price 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.
$5,830.00
Gross charge 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.
$400.07 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $400.07 | ↓ -91% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,049.40 | ↓ -76% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,463.33 | ↓ -66% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,667.38 | ↓ -62% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $2,728.00 | ↓ -37% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MANAGED MEDICAID | $3,473.58 | ↓ -20% |
| LHP HEALTH | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,548.00 | ↓ -18% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $3,818.07 | ↓ -12% |
| INTERGROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,081.00 | ↓ -6% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $4,330.61 | ↓ -0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $4,341.97 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $4,341.97 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $4,341.97 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM HEALTH | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $4,341.97 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,341.97 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $4,341.97 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $4,372.50 | ↑ +1% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,372.50 | ↑ +1% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $4,559.07 | ↑ +5% |
| CIGNA | BH | $4,664.00 | ↑ +7% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,955.50 | ↑ +14% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,955.50 | ↑ +14% |
| CHN | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,955.50 | ↑ +14% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $5,188.70 | ↑ +20% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $5,188.70 | ↑ +20% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $5,247.00 | ↑ +21% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $5,301.80 | ↑ +22% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $5,301.80 | ↑ +22% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $5,552.49 | ↑ +28% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $5,581.06 | ↑ +29% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $5,616.62 | ↑ +29% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $5,685.42 | ↑ +31% |
| HORIZON | FEDERAL | $5,685.42 | ↑ +31% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $7,712.00 | ↑ +78% |
| AETNA | HMO | $7,773.00 | ↑ +79% |
| AETNA | ASA | $7,773.00 | ↑ +79% |
| AETNA | PPO | $7,773.00 | ↑ +79% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $8,013.00 | ↑ +85% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $8,904.00 | ↑ +105% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,571.00 | ↑ +120% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $11,528.00 | ↑ +166% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $16,802.00 | ↑ +287% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $5,855.00 | $95.48 – $8,058.78 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $6,839.00 | $141.76 – $8,272.92 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $3,786.00 | $145.18 – $8,018.49 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $3,986.00 | $140.06 – $8,231.56 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $4,881.00 | $98.29 – $8,272.92 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $5,339.00 | $123.57 – $8,640.52 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $5,419.00 | $280.11 – $8,121.07 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $4,080.94 | $4,080.94 – $4,897.13 |