Core ndl bx lng/med perq at Palisades Medical Center
7600 River Rd., North Bergen, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1730692344
$1,908.09
Cash price 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.
$5,940.00
Gross charge 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.
$312.02 with KARNA vs $8,027.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $312.02 | ↓ -84% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,015.74 | ↓ -47% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,033.56 | ↓ -46% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,065.04 | ↓ -44% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,069.20 | ↓ -44% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,908.09 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,908.09 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,908.09 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,908.09 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,908.09 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,908.09 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,003.50 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,079.82 | ↑ +9% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,049.00 | ↑ +60% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $3,076.92 | ↑ +61% |
| AETNA | PPO | $3,739.82 | ↑ +96% |
| AETNA | HMO | $3,739.82 | ↑ +96% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $4,090.28 | ↑ +114% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,455.00 | ↑ +133% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $4,455.00 | ↑ +133% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,752.00 | ↑ +149% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $4,973.56 | ↑ +161% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $5,049.00 | ↑ +165% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $5,346.00 | ↑ +180% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $5,500.44 | ↑ +188% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $5,500.44 | ↑ +188% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $5,500.44 | ↑ +188% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $5,550.93 | ↑ +191% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $6,335.00 | ↑ +232% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $6,362.00 | ↑ +233% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $7,128.00 | ↑ +274% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $7,352.00 | ↑ +285% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $7,829.00 | ↑ +310% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $7,891.00 | ↑ +314% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $8,027.00 | ↑ +321% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Core ndl bx lng/med perq at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $1,793.38 | $1,793.38 – $2,152.05 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $1,908.09 | $312.02 – $2,003.50 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $1,770.73 | $304.19 – $2,124.87 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $1,794.93 | $312.02 – $1,794.93 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $1,793.38 | $304.19 – $2,152.05 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $1,794.93 | $312.02 – $2,153.92 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $1,793.38 | $304.19 – $2,152.05 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $1,770.73 | $304.19 – $2,124.87 |