Basic vestibular evaluation 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

$184.26

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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$1,317.00

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.

$107.44 with HORIZON vs $1,259.45 with CIGNA — 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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $107.44 ↓ -42%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $184.26 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $184.26 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $184.26 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $184.26 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $184.26 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $184.26 ↑ +0%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $185.81 ↑ +1%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $193.47 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $200.84 ↑ +9%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $225.21 ↑ +22%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $229.16 ↑ +24%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $237.06 ↑ +29%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $745.00 ↑ +304%
AETNA PPO $829.18 ↑ +350%
AETNA HMO $829.18 ↑ +350%
HORIZON OMNIA $901.09 ↑ +389%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $906.89 ↑ +392%
HORIZON PIP $987.75 ↑ +436%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $987.75 ↑ +436%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $994.00 ↑ +439%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,053.60 ↑ +472%
HORIZON SHP $1,081.13 ↑ +487%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,102.72 ↑ +498%
HORIZON HMO $1,113.66 ↑ +504%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,119.45 ↑ +508%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,122.35 ↑ +509%
HORIZON PPO $1,141.84 ↑ +520%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,185.30 ↑ +543%
QUALCARE HMO $1,219.54 ↑ +562%
QUALCARE PPO $1,219.54 ↑ +562%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,219.54 ↑ +562%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,230.74 ↑ +568%
CIGNA HMO $1,259.45 ↑ +584%
CIGNA PPO $1,259.45 ↑ +584%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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