Egd varices ligation 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

$2,234.01

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.

$3,991.00

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.

$297.47 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 $297.47 ↓ -87%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $510.39 ↓ -77%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $682.46 ↓ -69%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $694.43 ↓ -69%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $718.38 ↓ -68%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $2,234.01 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,234.01 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,234.01 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,234.01 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,234.01 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,234.01 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,345.71 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,435.07 ↑ +9%
HORIZON OMNIA $2,730.64 ↑ +22%
CIGNA HMO $2,967.00 ↑ +33%
HORIZON PIP $2,993.25 ↑ +34%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $2,993.25 ↑ +34%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $3,192.80 ↑ +43%
HORIZON SHP $3,276.21 ↑ +47%
CIGNA PPO $3,320.00 ↑ +49%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $3,341.66 ↑ +50%
HORIZON HMO $3,374.79 ↑ +51%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $3,392.35 ↑ +52%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $3,401.13 ↑ +52%
HORIZON PPO $3,460.20 ↑ +55%
QUALCARE HMO $3,695.67 ↑ +65%
QUALCARE PPO $3,695.67 ↑ +65%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $3,695.67 ↑ +65%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $3,729.59 ↑ +67%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $6,080.00 ↑ +172%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7,538.00 ↑ +237%
AETNA HMO $7,770.00 ↑ +248%
AETNA PPO $7,770.00 ↑ +248%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +345%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +652%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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