Biopsy tongue anterior two-thirds at Palisades Medical Center
7600 River Rd., North Bergen, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1730692344
$599.72
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.
$2,263.00
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.
$233.25 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.
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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| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $233.25 | ↓ -61% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $386.97 | ↓ -35% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $393.76 | ↓ -34% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $407.34 | ↓ -32% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $599.72 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $599.72 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $599.72 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $599.72 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $599.72 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $599.72 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $629.71 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $653.70 | ↑ +9% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $1,548.34 | ↑ +158% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,697.25 | ↑ +183% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $1,697.25 | ↑ +183% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,810.40 | ↑ +202% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $1,857.70 | ↑ +210% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $1,894.81 | ↑ +216% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $1,913.59 | ↑ +219% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,923.55 | ↑ +221% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $1,928.53 | ↑ +222% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $1,962.02 | ↑ +227% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $2,095.54 | ↑ +249% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $2,095.54 | ↑ +249% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $2,095.54 | ↑ +249% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $2,114.77 | ↑ +253% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $2,127.00 | ↑ +255% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $2,254.00 | ↑ +276% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $2,383.00 | ↑ +297% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,775.00 | ↑ +363% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $3,339.00 | ↑ +457% |
| AETNA | HMO | $7,770.00 | ↑ +1196% |
| AETNA | PPO | $7,770.00 | ↑ +1196% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,933.00 | ↑ +1556% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $16,802.00 | ↑ +2702% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $563.67 | $563.67 – $676.40 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $599.72 | $233.25 – $636.27 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $556.55 | $224.75 – $667.86 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $564.16 | $50.40 – $564.16 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $563.67 | $224.75 – $676.40 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $564.16 | $233.25 – $676.99 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $563.67 | $224.75 – $676.40 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $556.55 | $224.75 – $667.86 |