Removal of iris 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

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.

$6,703.00

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.

$1,146.21 with AETNA 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,146.21 ↓ -57%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,166.32 ↓ -57%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,206.54 ↓ -55%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,219.07 ↓ -55%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,827.00 ↓ -32%
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 $3,394.00 ↑ +26%
CIGNA PPO $3,797.00 ↑ +41%
HORIZON OMNIA $4,586.19 ↑ +71%
HORIZON PIP $5,027.25 ↑ +87%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $5,027.25 ↑ +87%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $5,362.40 ↑ +100%
HORIZON SHP $5,502.49 ↑ +105%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $5,612.42 ↑ +109%
HORIZON HMO $5,668.06 ↑ +111%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $5,697.55 ↑ +112%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $5,712.30 ↑ +113%
HORIZON PPO $5,811.50 ↑ +116%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $6,080.00 ↑ +126%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $6,206.98 ↑ +131%
QUALCARE HMO $6,206.98 ↑ +131%
QUALCARE PPO $6,206.98 ↑ +131%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $6,263.95 ↑ +133%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7,538.00 ↑ +181%
AETNA PPO $7,770.00 ↑ +189%
AETNA HMO $7,770.00 ↑ +189%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +270%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +526%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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