Esophagoscp guide wire dilat 43196 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

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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.

$5,990.00

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.

$170.25 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 $170.25 ↓ -92%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $415.74 ↓ -81%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,024.29 ↓ -54%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,042.26 ↓ -53%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,078.20 ↓ -52%
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 $4,098.36 ↑ +83%
HORIZON PIP $4,492.50 ↑ +101%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $4,492.50 ↑ +101%
CIGNA HMO $4,755.00 ↑ +113%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $4,792.00 ↑ +115%
HORIZON SHP $4,917.19 ↑ +120%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $5,015.43 ↑ +125%
HORIZON HMO $5,065.14 ↑ +127%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $5,091.50 ↑ +128%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $5,104.68 ↑ +128%
HORIZON PPO $5,193.33 ↑ +132%
CIGNA PPO $5,328.00 ↑ +138%
QUALCARE PPO $5,546.74 ↑ +148%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,546.74 ↑ +148%
QUALCARE HMO $5,546.74 ↑ +148%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $5,597.66 ↑ +151%
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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