Sigmoidoscopy w/ablation at Palisades Medical Center
7600 River Rd., North Bergen, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1730692344
$1,388.56
Cash price 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.
$3,270.00
Gross charge 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.
$335.49 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $335.49 | ↓ -76% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $380.49 | ↓ -73% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $559.17 | ↓ -60% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $568.98 | ↓ -59% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $588.60 | ↓ -58% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,388.56 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,388.56 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,388.56 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,388.56 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,388.56 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,388.56 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,457.98 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,513.53 | ↑ +9% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $2,237.33 | ↑ +61% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,452.50 | ↑ +77% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $2,452.50 | ↑ +77% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,616.00 | ↑ +88% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $2,684.34 | ↑ +93% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $2,737.97 | ↑ +97% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $2,765.11 | ↑ +99% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,779.50 | ↑ +100% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $2,786.69 | ↑ +101% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $2,835.09 | ↑ +104% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $3,028.02 | ↑ +118% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $3,028.02 | ↑ +118% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $3,028.02 | ↑ +118% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $3,055.82 | ↑ +120% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $4,175.00 | ↑ +201% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $4,677.00 | ↑ +237% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $6,080.00 | ↑ +338% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $7,538.00 | ↑ +443% |
| AETNA | HMO | $7,770.00 | ↑ +460% |
| AETNA | PPO | $7,770.00 | ↑ +460% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,933.00 | ↑ +615% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $16,802.00 | ↑ +1110% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $5,855.00 | $912.99 – $2,577.18 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $6,839.00 | $320.61 – $2,645.66 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $3,786.00 | $328.34 – $2,564.29 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $3,986.00 | $316.75 – $2,632.43 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $4,881.00 | $581.35 – $2,645.66 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $5,339.00 | $347.65 – $2,763.23 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $5,419.00 | $633.50 – $2,597.11 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $1,305.08 | $1,305.08 – $1,566.09 |