Biopsy external ear 69100 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

$273.48

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.

$1,194.00

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.

$97.84 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 $97.84 ↓ -64%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $204.17 ↓ -25%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $207.76 ↓ -24%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $214.92 ↓ -21%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $273.48 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $273.48 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $273.48 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $273.48 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $273.48 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $273.48 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $287.15 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $298.09 ↑ +9%
HORIZON OMNIA $816.93 ↑ +199%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $895.50 ↑ +227%
HORIZON PIP $895.50 ↑ +227%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $955.20 ↑ +249%
HORIZON SHP $980.15 ↑ +258%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $999.74 ↑ +266%
HORIZON HMO $1,009.65 ↑ +269%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,014.90 ↑ +271%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,017.53 ↑ +272%
HORIZON PPO $1,035.20 ↑ +279%
QUALCARE HMO $1,105.64 ↑ +304%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,105.64 ↑ +304%
QUALCARE PPO $1,105.64 ↑ +304%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,115.79 ↑ +308%
CIGNA HMO $2,127.00 ↑ +678%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,254.00 ↑ +724%
CIGNA PPO $2,383.00 ↑ +771%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $2,775.00 ↑ +915%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $3,339.00 ↑ +1121%
AETNA HMO $7,770.00 ↑ +2741%
AETNA PPO $7,770.00 ↑ +2741%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +3532%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +6044%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Biopsy external ear 69100 at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $257.04 $257.04 – $308.44
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $273.48 $97.84 – $287.15
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $253.79 $94.86 – $304.55
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $257.26 $50.40 – $257.26
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $257.04 $94.86 – $308.44
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $257.26 $97.84 – $308.71
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $257.04 $94.86 – $308.44
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $253.79 $94.86 – $304.55

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