Bronchoscopy treat blockage 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

$4,341.97

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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.

$7,420.00

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.

$522.52 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 $522.52 ↓ -88%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,268.82 ↓ -71%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,291.08 ↓ -70%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,335.60 ↓ -69%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,599.00 ↓ -63%
CIGNA HMO $2,967.00 ↓ -32%
CIGNA PPO $3,320.00 ↓ -24%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,341.97 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,341.97 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $4,341.97 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $4,341.97 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,341.97 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,341.97 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,559.07 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,732.75 ↑ +9%
HORIZON OMNIA $5,076.76 ↑ +17%
HORIZON PIP $5,565.00 ↑ +28%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $5,565.00 ↑ +28%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $5,936.00 ↑ +37%
HORIZON SHP $6,091.08 ↑ +40%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $6,212.77 ↑ +43%
HORIZON HMO $6,274.35 ↑ +45%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $6,307.00 ↑ +45%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $6,323.32 ↑ +46%
HORIZON PPO $6,433.14 ↑ +48%
QUALCARE PPO $6,870.92 ↑ +58%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $6,870.92 ↑ +58%
QUALCARE HMO $6,870.92 ↑ +58%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $6,933.99 ↑ +60%
AETNA HMO $7,770.00 ↑ +79%
AETNA PPO $7,770.00 ↑ +79%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +129%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $11,065.00 ↑ +155%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $13,869.00 ↑ +219%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +287%
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 $4,080.94 $4,080.94 – $4,897.13
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $4,341.97 $522.52 – $4,559.07
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