Colonoscopy thru stoma spx 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

$1,073.68

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.

$3,863.00

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.

$237.19 with HORIZON 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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $237.19 ↓ -78%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $326.50 ↓ -70%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $660.57 ↓ -38%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $672.16 ↓ -37%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $695.34 ↓ -35%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,073.68 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,073.68 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,073.68 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,073.68 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,073.68 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,073.68 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,127.37 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,170.32 ↑ +9%
CIGNA HMO $2,127.00 ↑ +98%
CIGNA PPO $2,383.00 ↑ +122%
HORIZON OMNIA $2,643.06 ↑ +146%
HORIZON PIP $2,897.25 ↑ +170%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $2,897.25 ↑ +170%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $3,090.40 ↑ +188%
HORIZON SHP $3,171.14 ↑ +195%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $3,234.49 ↑ +201%
HORIZON HMO $3,266.55 ↑ +204%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $3,283.55 ↑ +206%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $3,292.05 ↑ +207%
HORIZON PPO $3,349.22 ↑ +212%
QUALCARE PPO $3,577.14 ↑ +233%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $3,577.14 ↑ +233%
QUALCARE HMO $3,577.14 ↑ +233%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $3,609.97 ↑ +236%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $6,080.00 ↑ +466%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7,538.00 ↑ +602%
AETNA PPO $7,770.00 ↑ +624%
AETNA HMO $7,770.00 ↑ +624%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +825%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +1465%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Colonoscopy thru stoma spx at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $1,009.14 $1,009.14 – $1,210.96
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $1,073.68 $326.50 – $1,127.37
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $996.39 $317.28 – $1,195.67
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $1,010.01 $240.80 – $1,010.01
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $1,009.14 $317.28 – $1,210.96
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $1,010.01 $326.50 – $1,212.01
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $1,009.14 $317.28 – $1,210.96
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $996.39 $317.28 – $1,195.67

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