Biospy of bladder at Palisades Medical Center
7600 River Rd., North Bergen, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1730692344
$286.42
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.
$545.00
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.
$93.20 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 | $93.20 | ↓ -67% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $94.83 | ↓ -67% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $98.10 | ↓ -66% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $286.42 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $286.42 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $286.42 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $286.42 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $286.42 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $286.42 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $300.74 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $312.20 | ↑ +9% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $372.89 | ↑ +30% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $408.75 | ↑ +43% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $408.75 | ↑ +43% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $436.00 | ↑ +52% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $447.39 | ↑ +56% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $456.33 | ↑ +59% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $460.85 | ↑ +61% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $463.25 | ↑ +62% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $464.45 | ↑ +62% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $472.52 | ↑ +65% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $489.90 | ↑ +71% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $489.90 | ↑ +71% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $504.67 | ↑ +76% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $504.67 | ↑ +76% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $504.67 | ↑ +76% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $509.30 | ↑ +78% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $2,254.00 | ↑ +687% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,775.00 | ↑ +869% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $3,339.00 | ↑ +1066% |
| AETNA | HMO | $7,770.00 | ↑ +2613% |
| AETNA | PPO | $7,770.00 | ↑ +2613% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,933.00 | ↑ +3368% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $16,802.00 | ↑ +5766% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $269.20 | $269.20 – $323.04 |
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