Closure of salivary fistula 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

$3,819.23

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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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$6,051.00

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.

$776.79 with KARNA vs $16,802.00 with HORIZON — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $776.79 ↓ -80%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,034.72 ↓ -73%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,052.87 ↓ -72%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,089.18 ↓ -71%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,195.00 ↓ -69%
CIGNA HMO $2,127.00 ↓ -44%
CIGNA PPO $2,383.00 ↓ -38%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,819.23 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3,819.23 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,819.23 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,819.23 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,819.23 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,819.23 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,010.20 ↑ +5%
HORIZON OMNIA $4,140.09 ↑ +8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,162.96 ↑ +9%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $4,538.25 ↑ +19%
HORIZON PIP $4,538.25 ↑ +19%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $4,840.80 ↑ +27%
HORIZON SHP $4,967.27 ↑ +30%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $5,066.50 ↑ +33%
HORIZON HMO $5,116.73 ↑ +34%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $5,143.35 ↑ +35%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $5,156.66 ↑ +35%
HORIZON PPO $5,246.22 ↑ +37%
QUALCARE PPO $5,603.23 ↑ +47%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,603.23 ↑ +47%
QUALCARE HMO $5,603.23 ↑ +47%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $5,654.66 ↑ +48%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $6,080.00 ↑ +59%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7,538.00 ↑ +97%
AETNA HMO $7,770.00 ↑ +103%
AETNA PPO $7,770.00 ↑ +103%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +160%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +340%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Closure of salivary fistula at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $3,589.62 $3,589.62 – $4,307.55
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $3,819.23 $776.79 – $4,010.20
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $3,544.29 $749.54 – $4,253.14
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $3,592.74 $339.56 – $3,592.74
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $3,589.62 $749.54 – $4,307.55
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $3,592.74 $776.79 – $4,311.29
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $3,589.62 $749.54 – $4,307.55
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $3,544.29 $749.54 – $4,253.14

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