Fna bx w/ct gdn 1st les 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

$828.59

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.

$2,750.00

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.

$224.11 with KARNA vs $8,027.00 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $224.11 ↓ -73%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $470.25 ↓ -43%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $478.50 ↓ -42%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $495.00 ↓ -40%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $828.59 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $828.59 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $828.59 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $828.59 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $828.59 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $828.59 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $870.02 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $903.16 ↑ +9%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,411.58 ↑ +70%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,424.50 ↑ +72%
AETNA PPO $1,731.40 ↑ +109%
AETNA HMO $1,731.40 ↑ +109%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $1,893.65 ↑ +129%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $2,062.50 ↑ +149%
HORIZON PIP $2,062.50 ↑ +149%
CIGNA HMO $2,127.00 ↑ +157%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,200.00 ↑ +166%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $2,302.58 ↑ +178%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $2,337.50 ↑ +182%
CIGNA PPO $2,383.00 ↑ +188%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $2,475.00 ↑ +199%
QUALCARE HMO $2,546.50 ↑ +207%
QUALCARE PPO $2,546.50 ↑ +207%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,546.50 ↑ +207%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $2,569.88 ↑ +210%
HORIZON OMNIA $6,335.00 ↑ +665%
HORIZON SHP $7,352.00 ↑ +787%
HORIZON HMO $7,829.00 ↑ +845%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $7,891.00 ↑ +852%
HORIZON PPO $8,027.00 ↑ +869%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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