Bx vulva or perineum/1 lesion 56605 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

$1,025.44

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.

$1,551.00

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.

$124.48 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 $124.48 ↓ -88%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $265.22 ↓ -74%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $269.87 ↓ -74%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $279.18 ↓ -73%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,025.44 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,025.44 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,025.44 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,025.44 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,025.44 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,025.44 ↑ +0%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,061.19 ↑ +3%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,076.71 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,117.72 ↑ +9%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,163.25 ↑ +13%
HORIZON PIP $1,163.25 ↑ +13%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,195.00 ↑ +17%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,240.80 ↑ +21%
HORIZON SHP $1,273.22 ↑ +24%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,298.65 ↑ +27%
HORIZON HMO $1,311.53 ↑ +28%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,318.35 ↑ +29%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,321.76 ↑ +29%
HORIZON PPO $1,344.72 ↑ +31%
QUALCARE PPO $1,436.23 ↑ +40%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,436.23 ↑ +40%
QUALCARE HMO $1,436.23 ↑ +40%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,449.41 ↑ +41%
CIGNA HMO $2,127.00 ↑ +107%
CIGNA PPO $2,383.00 ↑ +132%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $4,047.00 ↑ +295%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $4,954.00 ↑ +383%
AETNA PPO $7,770.00 ↑ +658%
AETNA HMO $7,770.00 ↑ +658%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +869%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +1539%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $963.79 $963.79 – $1,156.54
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