Biopsy arm/elbow soft tissue at Palisades Medical Center
7600 River Rd., North Bergen, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1730692344
$3,370.52
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.
$5,130.00
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.
$877.23 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 |
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| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $877.23 | ↓ -74% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $892.62 | ↓ -74% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $923.40 | ↓ -73% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $928.00 | ↓ -72% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,599.00 | ↓ -53% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $2,967.00 | ↓ -12% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $3,320.00 | ↓ -1% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,370.52 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,370.52 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,370.52 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,370.52 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $3,370.52 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,370.52 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $3,509.95 | ↑ +4% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,539.05 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,673.87 | ↑ +9% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $3,847.50 | ↑ +14% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,847.50 | ↑ +14% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,104.00 | ↑ +22% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $4,211.22 | ↑ +25% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $4,295.35 | ↑ +27% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $4,337.93 | ↑ +29% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,360.50 | ↑ +29% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $4,371.79 | ↑ +30% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $4,447.71 | ↑ +32% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $4,750.38 | ↑ +41% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $4,750.38 | ↑ +41% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $4,750.38 | ↑ +41% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $4,793.99 | ↑ +42% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $6,080.00 | ↑ +80% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $7,538.00 | ↑ +124% |
| AETNA | HMO | $7,770.00 | ↑ +131% |
| AETNA | PPO | $7,770.00 | ↑ +131% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,933.00 | ↑ +195% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $16,802.00 | ↑ +398% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Biopsy arm/elbow soft tissue at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $3,167.89 | $3,167.89 – $3,801.47 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $3,370.52 | $928.00 – $3,539.05 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $3,127.88 | $895.88 – $3,753.45 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $3,170.64 | $273.00 – $3,170.64 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $3,167.89 | $895.88 – $3,801.47 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $3,170.64 | $928.00 – $3,804.76 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $3,167.89 | $895.88 – $3,801.47 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $3,127.88 | $895.88 – $3,753.45 |