Remove spine infusion device 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

$7,541.82

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.

$8,495.00

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.

$648.20 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.

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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 $648.20 ↓ -91%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,452.65 ↓ -81%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,478.13 ↓ -80%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,529.10 ↓ -80%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,599.00 ↓ -79%
CIGNA HMO $2,967.00 ↓ -61%
CIGNA PPO $3,320.00 ↓ -56%
HORIZON OMNIA $5,812.28 ↓ -23%
HORIZON PIP $6,371.25 ↓ -16%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $6,371.25 ↓ -16%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $6,796.00 ↓ -10%
HORIZON SHP $6,973.55 ↓ -8%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $7,112.86 ↓ -6%
HORIZON HMO $7,183.37 ↓ -5%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $7,220.75 ↓ -4%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $7,239.44 ↓ -4%
HORIZON PPO $7,365.17 ↓ -2%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $7,541.82 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,541.82 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,541.82 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,541.82 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $7,541.82 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,541.82 ↑ +0%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $7,730.00 ↑ +2%
QUALCARE HMO $7,730.00 ↑ +2%
QUALCARE PPO $7,730.00 ↑ +2%
AETNA HMO $7,770.00 ↑ +3%
AETNA PPO $7,770.00 ↑ +3%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,918.91 ↑ +5%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $7,938.58 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8,220.58 ↑ +9%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +32%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +123%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $18,283.00 ↑ +142%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $23,043.00 ↑ +206%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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