Incision of foot tendon 28234 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

$1,884.74

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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.

$5,506.00

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.

$591.79 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 $591.79 ↓ -69%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $941.53 ↓ -50%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $958.04 ↓ -49%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $991.08 ↓ -47%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,599.00 ↓ -15%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,884.74 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,884.74 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,884.74 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,884.74 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,884.74 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,884.74 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,978.98 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,054.37 ↑ +9%
CIGNA HMO $2,967.00 ↑ +57%
CIGNA PPO $3,320.00 ↑ +76%
HORIZON OMNIA $3,767.21 ↑ +100%
HORIZON PIP $4,129.50 ↑ +119%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $4,129.50 ↑ +119%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $4,404.80 ↑ +134%
HORIZON SHP $4,519.88 ↑ +140%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $4,610.17 ↑ +145%
HORIZON HMO $4,655.87 ↑ +147%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $4,680.10 ↑ +148%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $4,692.21 ↑ +149%
HORIZON PPO $4,773.70 ↑ +153%
QUALCARE PPO $5,098.56 ↑ +171%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,098.56 ↑ +171%
QUALCARE HMO $5,098.56 ↑ +171%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $5,145.36 ↑ +173%
AETNA HMO $7,770.00 ↑ +312%
AETNA PPO $7,770.00 ↑ +312%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,113.00 ↑ +330%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +427%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,123.00 ↑ +437%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +791%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Incision of foot tendon 28234 at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $1,771.43 $1,771.43 – $2,125.72
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $1,884.74 $591.79 – $1,978.98
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $1,749.06 $569.33 – $2,098.87
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $1,772.97 $285.94 – $1,772.97
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $1,771.43 $569.33 – $2,125.72
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $1,772.97 $591.79 – $2,127.56
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $1,771.43 $569.33 – $2,125.72
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $1,749.06 $569.33 – $2,098.87

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