Implant eye drug system 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

$18,094.55

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.

$17,622.00

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.

$1,809.91 with KARNA vs $19,723.05 with AETNA — 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 $1,809.91 ↓ -90%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,254.00 ↓ -88%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $3,013.36 ↓ -83%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $3,066.23 ↓ -83%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,171.96 ↓ -82%
CIGNA HMO $4,175.00 ↓ -77%
CIGNA PPO $4,677.00 ↓ -74%
HORIZON OMNIA $7,017.00 ↓ -61%
QUALCARE HMO $7,730.00 ↓ -57%
QUALCARE PPO $7,730.00 ↓ -57%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $7,730.00 ↓ -57%
AETNA PPO $7,770.00 ↓ -57%
AETNA HMO $7,770.00 ↓ -57%
HORIZON SHP $7,997.00 ↓ -56%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,618.00 ↓ -52%
HORIZON HMO $8,670.00 ↓ -52%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $8,739.00 ↓ -52%
HORIZON PPO $8,889.00 ↓ -51%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $9,587.00 ↓ -47%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↓ -45%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $13,216.50 ↓ -27%
HORIZON PIP $13,216.50 ↓ -27%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $14,097.60 ↓ -22%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $14,978.70 ↓ -17%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $15,487.00 ↓ -14%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↓ -7%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18,094.55 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18,094.55 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18,094.55 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $18,094.55 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $18,094.55 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18,094.55 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18,999.27 ↑ +5%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $19,490.00 ↑ +8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19,723.05 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Implant eye drug system at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $17,006.72 $17,006.72 – $20,408.06
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $18,094.55 $1,809.91 – $18,999.27
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $16,791.92 $1,742.04 – $20,150.30
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $17,021.47 $1,809.91 – $17,021.47
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $17,006.72 $1,742.04 – $20,408.06
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $17,021.47 $1,809.91 – $20,425.76
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $17,006.72 $1,742.04 – $20,408.06
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $16,791.92 $1,742.04 – $20,150.30

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