Exploration maxillary sinus 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

$4,341.97

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.

$7,698.00

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.

$186.36 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 $186.36 ↓ -96%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $380.19 ↓ -91%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,316.36 ↓ -70%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,339.45 ↓ -69%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,385.64 ↓ -68%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,570.39 ↓ -64%
CIGNA HMO $3,394.00 ↓ -22%
CIGNA PPO $3,797.00 ↓ -13%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,341.97 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,341.97 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $4,341.97 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $4,341.97 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,341.97 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,341.97 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,559.07 ↑ +5%
HORIZON OMNIA $5,266.97 ↑ +21%
HORIZON PIP $5,773.50 ↑ +33%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $5,773.50 ↑ +33%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $6,158.40 ↑ +42%
HORIZON SHP $6,319.29 ↑ +46%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $6,445.54 ↑ +48%
HORIZON HMO $6,509.43 ↑ +50%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $6,543.30 ↑ +51%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $6,560.24 ↑ +51%
HORIZON PPO $6,674.17 ↑ +54%
QUALCARE PPO $7,128.35 ↑ +64%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $7,128.35 ↑ +64%
QUALCARE HMO $7,128.35 ↑ +64%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $7,193.78 ↑ +66%
AETNA HMO $7,770.00 ↑ +79%
AETNA PPO $7,770.00 ↑ +79%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,113.00 ↑ +87%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +129%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,123.00 ↑ +133%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +287%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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