Dilate urethra stricture 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

$151.80

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.

$300.00

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.

$51.30 with AETNA 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $51.30 ↓ -66%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $52.20 ↓ -66%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $54.00 ↓ -64%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $111.50 ↓ -27%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $151.80 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $151.80 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $151.80 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $151.80 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $151.80 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $151.80 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $159.39 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $165.46 ↑ +9%
HORIZON OMNIA $205.26 ↑ +35%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $225.00 ↑ +48%
HORIZON PIP $225.00 ↑ +48%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $240.00 ↑ +58%
HORIZON SHP $246.27 ↑ +62%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $251.19 ↑ +65%
HORIZON HMO $253.68 ↑ +67%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $255.00 ↑ +68%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $255.66 ↑ +68%
HORIZON PPO $260.10 ↑ +71%
QUALCARE HMO $277.80 ↑ +83%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $277.80 ↑ +83%
QUALCARE PPO $277.80 ↑ +83%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $280.35 ↑ +85%
CIGNA HMO $2,127.00 ↑ +1301%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,254.00 ↑ +1385%
CIGNA PPO $2,383.00 ↑ +1470%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $2,775.00 ↑ +1728%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $3,339.00 ↑ +2100%
AETNA HMO $7,770.00 ↑ +5019%
AETNA PPO $7,770.00 ↑ +5019%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +6443%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +10969%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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