Arthrt elbw synovial bx only at Palisades Medical Center

7600 River Rd., North Bergen, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1730692344

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Dec 31, 2025 · Ingested Sep 4, 2026

$3,821.05

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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$6,706.00

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.

$932.28 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 $932.28 ↓ -76%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,146.73 ↓ -70%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,166.84 ↓ -69%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,195.00 ↓ -69%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,207.08 ↓ -68%
CIGNA HMO $2,127.00 ↓ -44%
CIGNA PPO $2,383.00 ↓ -38%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,821.05 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,821.05 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,821.05 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3,821.05 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,821.05 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,821.05 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,012.10 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,164.94 ↑ +9%
HORIZON OMNIA $4,588.25 ↑ +20%
HORIZON PIP $5,029.50 ↑ +32%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $5,029.50 ↑ +32%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $5,364.80 ↑ +40%
HORIZON SHP $5,504.96 ↑ +44%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $5,614.93 ↑ +47%
HORIZON HMO $5,670.59 ↑ +48%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $5,700.10 ↑ +49%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $5,714.85 ↑ +50%
HORIZON PPO $5,814.10 ↑ +52%
QUALCARE PPO $6,209.76 ↑ +63%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $6,209.76 ↑ +63%
QUALCARE HMO $6,209.76 ↑ +63%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $6,266.76 ↑ +64%
AETNA HMO $7,770.00 ↑ +103%
AETNA PPO $7,770.00 ↑ +103%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,113.00 ↑ +112%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +160%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,123.00 ↑ +165%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +340%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Arthrt elbw synovial bx only at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $3,591.33 $3,591.33 – $4,309.59
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $3,821.05 $932.28 – $4,012.10
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $3,545.97 $898.67 – $4,255.16
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $3,594.44 $500.00 – $3,594.44
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $3,591.33 $898.67 – $4,309.59
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $3,594.44 $932.28 – $4,313.33
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $3,591.33 $898.67 – $4,309.59
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $3,545.97 $898.67 – $4,255.16

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