Partial removal of eye fluid 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

$2,685.92

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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.

$9,423.00

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.

$1,028.81 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 $1,028.81 ↓ -62%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,611.33 ↓ -40%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,639.60 ↓ -39%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,696.14 ↓ -37%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,254.00 ↓ -16%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,685.92 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,685.92 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,685.92 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,685.92 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $2,685.92 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,685.92 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,820.22 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,927.66 ↑ +9%
CIGNA HMO $4,175.00 ↑ +55%
CIGNA PPO $4,677.00 ↑ +74%
HORIZON OMNIA $6,447.22 ↑ +140%
HORIZON PIP $7,067.25 ↑ +163%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $7,067.25 ↑ +163%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $7,538.40 ↑ +181%
QUALCARE PPO $7,730.00 ↑ +188%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $7,730.00 ↑ +188%
QUALCARE HMO $7,730.00 ↑ +188%
HORIZON SHP $7,735.34 ↑ +188%
AETNA PPO $7,770.00 ↑ +189%
AETNA HMO $7,770.00 ↑ +189%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $7,889.88 ↑ +194%
HORIZON HMO $7,968.09 ↑ +197%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $8,009.55 ↑ +198%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $8,030.28 ↑ +199%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,113.00 ↑ +202%
HORIZON PPO $8,169.74 ↑ +204%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,805.79 ↑ +228%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +270%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,123.00 ↑ +277%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +526%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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