Revision of colostomy 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

$4,311.38

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.

$8,281.00

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.

$1,352.39 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 $1,352.39 ↓ -69%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,416.05 ↓ -67%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,440.89 ↓ -67%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,490.58 ↓ -65%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,827.00 ↓ -58%
CIGNA HMO $3,394.00 ↓ -21%
CIGNA PPO $3,797.00 ↓ -12%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $4,311.38 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,311.38 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,311.38 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,311.38 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $4,311.38 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,311.38 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,526.95 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,699.40 ↑ +9%
HORIZON OMNIA $5,665.86 ↑ +31%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $6,210.75 ↑ +44%
HORIZON PIP $6,210.75 ↑ +44%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $6,624.80 ↑ +54%
HORIZON SHP $6,797.87 ↑ +58%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $6,933.68 ↑ +61%
HORIZON HMO $7,002.41 ↑ +62%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $7,038.85 ↑ +63%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $7,057.07 ↑ +64%
HORIZON PPO $7,179.63 ↑ +67%
QUALCARE HMO $7,668.21 ↑ +78%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $7,668.21 ↑ +78%
QUALCARE PPO $7,668.21 ↑ +78%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $7,738.59 ↑ +79%
AETNA HMO $7,770.00 ↑ +80%
AETNA PPO $7,770.00 ↑ +80%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +130%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $11,065.00 ↑ +157%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $13,869.00 ↑ +222%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +290%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $64.55 – $8,002.00
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $55.78 – $8,214.64
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Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $55.10 – $8,173.57
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $66.44 – $8,214.64
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $60.48 – $8,579.65
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $110.21 – $8,063.84
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $4,052.18 $4,052.18 – $4,862.62

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