Laparoscopy gastrostomy at Palisades Medical Center
7600 River Rd., North Bergen, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1730692344
$6,870.89
Cash price 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.
$10,986.00
Gross charge 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.
$1,242.64 with KARNA vs $23,043.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,242.64 | ↓ -82% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,878.61 | ↓ -73% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,911.56 | ↓ -72% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,977.48 | ↓ -71% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $3,640.00 | ↓ -47% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $6,870.89 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6,870.89 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $6,870.89 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6,870.89 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6,870.89 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6,870.89 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $7,017.00 | ↑ +2% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $7,214.44 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $7,489.27 | ↑ +9% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $7,730.00 | ↑ +13% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $7,730.00 | ↑ +13% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $7,730.00 | ↑ +13% |
| AETNA | PPO | $7,770.00 | ↑ +13% |
| AETNA | HMO | $7,770.00 | ↑ +13% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $7,997.00 | ↑ +16% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $8,239.50 | ↑ +20% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $8,239.50 | ↑ +20% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $8,618.00 | ↑ +25% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $8,670.00 | ↑ +26% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $8,739.00 | ↑ +27% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $8,788.80 | ↑ +28% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $8,889.00 | ↑ +29% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,338.10 | ↑ +36% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $9,587.00 | ↑ +40% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $9,875.32 | ↑ +44% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $9,875.32 | ↑ +44% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,933.00 | ↑ +45% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $16,802.00 | ↑ +145% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $18,283.00 | ↑ +166% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $23,043.00 | ↑ +235% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Laparoscopy gastrostomy at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $5,855.00 | $296.85 – $12,752.52 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $6,839.00 | $352.12 – $13,091.38 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $3,786.00 | $360.60 – $12,688.76 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $3,986.00 | $347.88 – $13,025.92 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $4,881.00 | $305.58 – $13,091.38 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $5,339.00 | $381.82 – $13,673.07 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $5,419.00 | $695.75 – $12,851.06 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $6,457.82 | $6,457.82 – $7,749.38 |