Small bowel endoscopy 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

$2,234.01

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.

$3,777.00

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.

$311.22 with HORIZON 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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $311.22 ↓ -86%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $589.93 ↓ -74%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $645.87 ↓ -71%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $657.20 ↓ -71%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $679.86 ↓ -70%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,234.01 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $2,234.01 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,234.01 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,234.01 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,234.01 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,234.01 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,345.71 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,435.07 ↑ +9%
HORIZON OMNIA $2,584.22 ↑ +16%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $2,832.75 ↑ +27%
HORIZON PIP $2,832.75 ↑ +27%
CIGNA HMO $2,967.00 ↑ +33%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $3,021.60 ↑ +35%
HORIZON SHP $3,100.54 ↑ +39%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $3,162.48 ↑ +42%
HORIZON HMO $3,193.83 ↑ +43%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $3,210.45 ↑ +44%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $3,218.76 ↑ +44%
HORIZON PPO $3,274.66 ↑ +47%
CIGNA PPO $3,320.00 ↑ +49%
QUALCARE HMO $3,497.50 ↑ +57%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $3,497.50 ↑ +57%
QUALCARE PPO $3,497.50 ↑ +57%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $3,529.61 ↑ +58%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $6,080.00 ↑ +172%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7,538.00 ↑ +237%
AETNA HMO $7,770.00 ↑ +248%
AETNA PPO $7,770.00 ↑ +248%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +345%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +652%
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 $140.94 – $4,146.36
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $262.25 – $4,256.54
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $268.57 – $4,125.63
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $259.09 – $4,235.26
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $145.09 – $4,256.54
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $182.40 – $4,445.68
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $518.17 – $4,178.40
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $2,099.70 $2,099.70 – $2,519.64

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