Rmvl ndwellg tun pleural cath 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

$728.10

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.

$1,973.00

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.

$0.01 with CIGNA 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
CIGNA HMO $0.01 ↓ -100%
CIGNA PPO $0.01 ↓ -100%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $331.21 ↓ -55%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $337.38 ↓ -54%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $343.30 ↓ -53%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $355.14 ↓ -51%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $728.10 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $728.10 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $728.10 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $728.10 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $728.10 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $728.10 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $764.51 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $793.63 ↑ +9%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,195.00 ↑ +64%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,349.93 ↑ +85%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,479.75 ↑ +103%
HORIZON PIP $1,479.75 ↑ +103%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,578.40 ↑ +117%
HORIZON SHP $1,619.64 ↑ +122%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,651.99 ↑ +127%
HORIZON HMO $1,668.37 ↑ +129%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,677.05 ↑ +130%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,681.39 ↑ +131%
HORIZON PPO $1,710.59 ↑ +135%
QUALCARE PPO $1,827.00 ↑ +151%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,827.00 ↑ +151%
QUALCARE HMO $1,827.00 ↑ +151%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,843.77 ↑ +153%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $4,047.00 ↑ +456%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $4,954.00 ↑ +580%
AETNA HMO $7,770.00 ↑ +967%
AETNA PPO $7,770.00 ↑ +967%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +1264%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +2208%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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