Cochlear implt f/up exam 7/> 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

$184.26

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.

$732.00

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.

$96.53 with HORIZON vs $994.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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 $96.53 ↓ -48%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $125.17 ↓ -32%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $127.37 ↓ -31%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $131.76 ↓ -28%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $184.26 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $184.26 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $184.26 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $184.26 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $184.26 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $193.47 ↑ +5%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $200.84 ↑ +9%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $200.84 ↑ +9%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $224.00 ↑ +22%
AETNA PPO $460.87 ↑ +150%
AETNA HMO $460.87 ↑ +150%
HORIZON OMNIA $500.83 ↑ +172%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $504.06 ↑ +174%
HORIZON PIP $549.00 ↑ +198%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $549.00 ↑ +198%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $585.60 ↑ +218%
HORIZON SHP $600.90 ↑ +226%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $612.90 ↑ +233%
HORIZON HMO $618.98 ↑ +236%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $622.20 ↑ +238%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $623.81 ↑ +239%
HORIZON PPO $634.64 ↑ +244%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $658.80 ↑ +258%
QUALCARE HMO $677.83 ↑ +268%
QUALCARE PPO $677.83 ↑ +268%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $677.83 ↑ +268%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $684.05 ↑ +271%
CIGNA HMO $700.01 ↑ +280%
CIGNA PPO $700.01 ↑ +280%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $769.00 ↑ +317%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $994.00 ↑ +439%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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