Hysteroscopy biopsy 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

$3,744.41

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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.

$7,159.00

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.

$487.51 with KARNA 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $487.51 ↓ -87%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,224.19 ↓ -67%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,245.67 ↓ -67%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,288.62 ↓ -66%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,827.00 ↓ -51%
CIGNA HMO $3,394.00 ↓ -9%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,744.41 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,744.41 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,744.41 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3,744.41 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,744.41 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,744.41 ↑ +0%
CIGNA PPO $3,797.00 ↑ +1%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,931.63 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,081.40 ↑ +9%
HORIZON OMNIA $4,898.19 ↑ +31%
HORIZON PIP $5,369.25 ↑ +43%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $5,369.25 ↑ +43%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $5,727.20 ↑ +53%
HORIZON SHP $5,876.82 ↑ +57%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $5,994.23 ↑ +60%
HORIZON HMO $6,053.65 ↑ +62%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $6,085.15 ↑ +63%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $6,100.90 ↑ +63%
HORIZON PPO $6,206.85 ↑ +66%
QUALCARE PPO $6,629.23 ↑ +77%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $6,629.23 ↑ +77%
QUALCARE HMO $6,629.23 ↑ +77%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $6,690.09 ↑ +79%
AETNA HMO $7,770.00 ↑ +108%
AETNA PPO $7,770.00 ↑ +108%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,113.00 ↑ +117%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +165%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,123.00 ↑ +170%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +349%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hysteroscopy biopsy at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $3,519.29 $3,519.29 – $4,223.15
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $3,744.41 $487.51 – $3,931.63
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $3,474.84 $474.61 – $4,169.81
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $3,522.35 $245.08 – $3,522.35
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $3,519.29 $474.61 – $4,223.15
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $3,522.35 $487.51 – $4,226.82
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $3,519.29 $474.61 – $4,223.15
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $3,474.84 $474.61 – $4,169.81

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