Biopsy vestibule of mouth 40808 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

$599.72

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.

$1,134.00

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.

$0.01 with CIGNA 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
CIGNA PPO $0.01 ↓ -100%
CIGNA HMO $0.01 ↓ -100%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $193.91 ↓ -68%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $194.80 ↓ -68%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $197.32 ↓ -67%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $204.12 ↓ -66%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $599.72 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $599.72 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $599.72 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $599.72 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $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 $775.88 ↑ +29%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $850.50 ↑ +42%
HORIZON PIP $850.50 ↑ +42%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $907.20 ↑ +51%
HORIZON SHP $930.90 ↑ +55%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $949.50 ↑ +58%
HORIZON HMO $958.91 ↑ +60%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $963.90 ↑ +61%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $966.39 ↑ +61%
HORIZON PPO $983.18 ↑ +64%
QUALCARE PPO $1,050.08 ↑ +75%
QUALCARE HMO $1,050.08 ↑ +75%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,050.08 ↑ +75%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,059.72 ↑ +77%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,254.00 ↑ +276%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $2,775.00 ↑ +363%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $3,339.00 ↑ +457%
AETNA PPO $7,770.00 ↑ +1196%
AETNA HMO $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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