Clostridium toxin a w/optic 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

$16.00

Cash price

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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.

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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.

$10.23 with HORIZON vs $73.32 with CIGNA — 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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $10.23 ↓ -36%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.00 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $16.00 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.00 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $16.00 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $16.00 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $16.00 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.00 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.00 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.00 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $16.00 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.80 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.44 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.28 ↑ +33%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $32.16 ↑ +101%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $32.84 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $67.49 ↑ +322%
CIGNA PPO $73.32 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $73.32 ↑ +358%

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Clostridium toxin a w/optic at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $16.00 $16.00 – $73.32
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $16.00 $9.28 – $71.85
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $16.00 $13.39 – $73.32
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $16.00 $13.39 – $75.30
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $16.00 $12.80 – $73.32
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $16.00 $14.04 – $73.32
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $16.00 $7.18 – $73.32
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $16.00 $16.00 – $73.32

All New-jersey hospitals for this procedure →