Removal foreign body extrn auditory canal with anes 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

$1,908.09

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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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$4,490.00

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.

$79.33 with HORIZON 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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $79.33 ↓ -96%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $207.69 ↓ -89%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $767.79 ↓ -60%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $781.26 ↓ -59%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $808.20 ↓ -58%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $915.96 ↓ -52%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,908.09 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,908.09 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,908.09 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,908.09 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,908.09 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,908.09 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,003.50 ↑ +5%
CIGNA HMO $2,127.00 ↑ +11%
CIGNA PPO $2,383.00 ↑ +25%
HORIZON OMNIA $3,072.06 ↑ +61%
HORIZON PIP $3,367.50 ↑ +76%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $3,367.50 ↑ +76%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $3,592.00 ↑ +88%
HORIZON SHP $3,685.84 ↑ +93%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $3,759.48 ↑ +97%
HORIZON HMO $3,796.74 ↑ +99%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $3,816.50 ↑ +100%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $3,826.38 ↑ +101%
HORIZON PPO $3,892.83 ↑ +104%
QUALCARE PPO $4,157.74 ↑ +118%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $4,157.74 ↑ +118%
QUALCARE HMO $4,157.74 ↑ +118%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $4,195.91 ↑ +120%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $6,080.00 ↑ +219%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7,538.00 ↑ +295%
AETNA PPO $7,770.00 ↑ +307%
AETNA HMO $7,770.00 ↑ +307%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +421%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +781%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $49.20 – $3,541.46
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