Ablation cryo thigh/knee at Palisades Medical Center
7600 River Rd., North Bergen, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1730692344
$282.50
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.
$1,097.00
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.
$187.59 with AETNA 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $187.59 | ↓ -34% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $190.88 | ↓ -32% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $197.46 | ↓ -30% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $282.50 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $282.50 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $282.50 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $282.50 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $282.50 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $282.50 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $296.62 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $307.92 | ↑ +9% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $750.57 | ↑ +166% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $822.75 | ↑ +191% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $822.75 | ↑ +191% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $877.60 | ↑ +211% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $900.53 | ↑ +219% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $918.52 | ↑ +225% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $927.62 | ↑ +228% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $932.45 | ↑ +230% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $934.86 | ↑ +231% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $951.10 | ↑ +237% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $986.09 | ↑ +249% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $986.09 | ↑ +249% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $1,015.82 | ↑ +260% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $1,015.82 | ↑ +260% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $1,015.82 | ↑ +260% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $1,025.15 | ↑ +263% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $2,254.00 | ↑ +698% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,775.00 | ↑ +882% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $3,339.00 | ↑ +1082% |
| AETNA | HMO | $7,770.00 | ↑ +2650% |
| AETNA | PPO | $7,770.00 | ↑ +2650% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,933.00 | ↑ +3416% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $16,802.00 | ↑ +5848% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $265.51 | $265.51 – $318.62 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $282.50 | $226.00 – $296.62 |
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| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $265.74 | $239.88 – $265.74 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $265.51 | $265.51 – $318.62 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $265.74 | $265.74 – $318.89 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $265.51 | $265.51 – $318.62 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $262.16 | $262.16 – $314.59 |