Esophagoscopy rigid trnso 43180 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

$6,966.64

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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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$12,712.00

Gross charge

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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.

$623.33 with HORIZON vs $16,802.00 with HORIZON — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $623.33 ↓ -91%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,168.28 ↓ -83%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $2,173.75 ↓ -69%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,211.89 ↓ -68%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,288.16 ↓ -67%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,966.64 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $6,966.64 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,966.64 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,966.64 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,966.64 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $6,966.64 ↑ +0%
HORIZON OMNIA $7,017.00 ↑ +1%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,314.97 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,593.63 ↑ +9%
AETNA HMO $7,770.00 ↑ +12%
AETNA PPO $7,770.00 ↑ +12%
HORIZON SHP $7,997.00 ↑ +15%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,113.00 ↑ +16%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,618.00 ↑ +24%
HORIZON HMO $8,670.00 ↑ +24%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $8,739.00 ↑ +25%
HORIZON PPO $8,889.00 ↑ +28%
HORIZON PIP $9,534.00 ↑ +37%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $9,534.00 ↑ +37%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $9,587.00 ↑ +38%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +43%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,123.00 ↑ +45%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $10,169.60 ↑ +46%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $10,805.20 ↑ +55%
CIGNA HMO $11,426.82 ↑ +64%
CIGNA PPO $11,426.82 ↑ +64%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $11,771.31 ↑ +69%
QUALCARE PPO $11,771.31 ↑ +69%
QUALCARE HMO $11,771.31 ↑ +69%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +141%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $6,547.81 $6,547.81 – $7,857.37
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $6,966.64 $1,168.28 – $7,314.97
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Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $6,547.81 $1,132.72 – $7,857.37
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $6,465.11 $1,132.72 – $7,758.13

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