Vaginal bx at Palisades Medical Center
7600 River Rd., North Bergen, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1730692344
$236.91
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.
$380.00
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.
$64.98 with AETNA 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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| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $64.98 | ↓ -73% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $66.12 | ↓ -72% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $68.40 | ↓ -71% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $236.91 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $236.91 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $236.91 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $236.91 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $236.91 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $236.91 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $248.76 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $258.23 | ↑ +9% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $260.00 | ↑ +10% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $285.00 | ↑ +20% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $285.00 | ↑ +20% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $304.00 | ↑ +28% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $311.94 | ↑ +32% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $318.17 | ↑ +34% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $321.33 | ↑ +36% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $323.00 | ↑ +36% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $323.84 | ↑ +37% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $329.46 | ↑ +39% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $341.58 | ↑ +44% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $341.58 | ↑ +44% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $351.88 | ↑ +49% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $351.88 | ↑ +49% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $351.88 | ↑ +49% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $355.11 | ↑ +50% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $2,254.00 | ↑ +851% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,775.00 | ↑ +1071% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $3,339.00 | ↑ +1309% |
| AETNA | PPO | $7,770.00 | ↑ +3180% |
| AETNA | HMO | $7,770.00 | ↑ +3180% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,933.00 | ↑ +4093% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $16,802.00 | ↑ +6992% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Vaginal bx at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $3,786.00 | $219.85 – $437.50 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $3,986.00 | $225.70 – $449.14 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $4,881.00 | $225.70 – $451.40 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $5,339.00 | $236.91 – $471.45 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $5,419.00 | $222.67 – $443.11 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $222.67 | $222.67 – $267.20 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $236.91 | $189.53 – $248.76 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $219.85 | $201.17 – $263.83 |