Pr excision benign lesion scalp/neck/hands/feet/genitalia <= 0.5 cm 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

$1,908.09

Cash price

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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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$2,946.00

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.

$179.34 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 $179.34 ↓ -91%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $530.28 ↓ -72%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $739.45 ↓ -61%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $842.56 ↓ -56%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $1,526.47 ↓ -20%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,874.89 ↓ -2%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,908.09 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,908.09 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,908.09 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,908.09 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,908.09 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,908.09 ↑ +0%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,929.34 ↑ +1%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,003.50 ↑ +5%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,062.20 ↑ +8%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $2,209.50 ↑ +16%
HORIZON PIP $2,209.50 ↑ +16%
CIGNA BH $2,356.80 ↑ +24%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $2,415.72 ↑ +27%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $2,504.10 ↑ +31%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,504.10 ↑ +31%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $2,504.10 ↑ +31%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,621.94 ↑ +37%
QUALCARE PPO $2,621.94 ↑ +37%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $2,651.40 ↑ +39%
CIGNA HMO $2,679.09 ↑ +40%
CIGNA PPO $2,679.09 ↑ +40%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,728.00 ↑ +43%
HORIZON HMO $2,805.77 ↑ +47%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $2,820.21 ↑ +48%
HORIZON SHP $2,838.18 ↑ +49%
HORIZON PPO $2,872.94 ↑ +51%
HORIZON FEDERAL $2,872.94 ↑ +51%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $4,721.00 ↑ +147%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $5,606.00 ↑ +194%
QUALCARE HMO $7,712.00 ↑ +304%
AETNA ASA $7,773.00 ↑ +307%
AETNA PPO $7,773.00 ↑ +307%
AETNA HMO $7,773.00 ↑ +307%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,013.00 ↑ +320%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,904.00 ↑ +367%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +781%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Pr excision benign lesion scalp/neck/hands/feet/genitalia <= 0.5 cm at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $65.92 – $3,541.46
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $114.34 – $3,635.56
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $117.10 – $3,523.75
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $112.96 – $3,617.38
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $67.86 – $3,635.56
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $85.31 – $3,797.10
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $225.93 – $3,568.83
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $1,793.38 $1,793.38 – $2,152.05

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