Placement nephrostomy catheter (both sides) at Palisades Medical Center
7600 River Rd., North Bergen, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1730692344
$2,412.45
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.
$5,375.00
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.
$418.95 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.
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 | $418.95 | ↓ -83% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $780.84 | ↓ -68% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $919.13 | ↓ -62% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $935.25 | ↓ -61% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $967.50 | ↓ -60% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,096.50 | ↓ -55% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,412.45 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $2,412.45 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,412.45 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,412.45 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,412.45 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,412.45 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,533.07 | ↑ +5% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $3,677.58 | ↑ +52% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,031.25 | ↑ +67% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $4,031.25 | ↑ +67% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,300.00 | ↑ +78% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $4,412.34 | ↑ +83% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $4,500.49 | ↑ +87% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $4,545.10 | ↑ +88% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,568.75 | ↑ +89% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $4,580.58 | ↑ +90% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $4,660.13 | ↑ +93% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $4,977.25 | ↑ +106% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $4,977.25 | ↑ +106% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $4,977.25 | ↑ +106% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $5,022.94 | ↑ +108% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $6,362.00 | ↑ +164% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $7,128.00 | ↑ +195% |
| AETNA | PPO | $7,770.00 | ↑ +222% |
| AETNA | HMO | $7,770.00 | ↑ +222% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $8,113.00 | ↑ +236% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,933.00 | ↑ +312% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $10,123.00 | ↑ +320% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $16,802.00 | ↑ +596% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $5,855.00 | $464.71 – $4,477.56 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $6,839.00 | $780.84 – $4,596.52 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $3,786.00 | $780.84 – $4,455.17 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $3,986.00 | $780.84 – $4,573.54 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $4,881.00 | $478.38 – $4,596.52 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $5,339.00 | $601.39 – $4,800.78 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $5,419.00 | $780.84 – $4,512.15 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $2,267.41 | $2,267.41 – $2,720.90 |