Insert ant drainage device 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

$4,737.56

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.

$7,810.00

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.

$1,335.51 with AETNA vs $19,490.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,335.51 ↓ -72%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,358.94 ↓ -71%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,405.80 ↓ -70%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,212.63 ↓ -53%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,254.00 ↓ -52%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $4,737.56 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,737.56 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,737.56 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,737.56 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $4,737.56 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,737.56 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,974.44 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,163.94 ↑ +9%
HORIZON OMNIA $5,343.60 ↑ +13%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $5,857.50 ↑ +24%
HORIZON PIP $5,857.50 ↑ +24%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $6,248.00 ↑ +32%
HORIZON SHP $6,411.23 ↑ +35%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $6,539.31 ↑ +38%
HORIZON HMO $6,604.14 ↑ +39%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $6,638.50 ↑ +40%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $6,655.68 ↑ +40%
HORIZON PPO $6,771.27 ↑ +43%
CIGNA PPO $7,020.41 ↑ +48%
CIGNA HMO $7,020.41 ↑ +48%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $7,232.06 ↑ +53%
QUALCARE HMO $7,232.06 ↑ +53%
QUALCARE PPO $7,232.06 ↑ +53%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $7,298.45 ↑ +54%
AETNA HMO $7,770.00 ↑ +64%
AETNA PPO $7,770.00 ↑ +64%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +110%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $15,487.00 ↑ +227%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +255%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $19,490.00 ↑ +311%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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