Dilate tear duct opening 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

$469.93

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.

$802.00

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.

$0.01 with CIGNA 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
CIGNA PPO $0.01 ↓ -100%
CIGNA HMO $0.01 ↓ -100%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $137.14 ↓ -71%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $139.55 ↓ -70%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $144.36 ↓ -69%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $173.70 ↓ -63%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $469.93 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $469.93 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $469.93 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $469.93 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $469.93 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $469.93 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $493.43 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $512.23 ↑ +9%
HORIZON OMNIA $548.73 ↑ +17%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $601.50 ↑ +28%
HORIZON PIP $601.50 ↑ +28%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $641.60 ↑ +37%
HORIZON SHP $658.36 ↑ +40%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $671.51 ↑ +43%
HORIZON HMO $678.17 ↑ +44%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $681.70 ↑ +45%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $683.46 ↑ +45%
HORIZON PPO $695.33 ↑ +48%
QUALCARE PPO $742.65 ↑ +58%
QUALCARE HMO $742.65 ↑ +58%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $742.65 ↑ +58%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $749.47 ↑ +59%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,254.00 ↑ +380%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $2,775.00 ↑ +491%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $3,339.00 ↑ +611%
AETNA PPO $7,770.00 ↑ +1553%
AETNA HMO $7,770.00 ↑ +1553%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +2014%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +3475%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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