Valvuloplasty aortic 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

$6,714.45

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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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$14,071.00

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.

$2,204.42 with KARNA vs $23,043.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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 $2,204.42 ↓ -67%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,254.00 ↓ -66%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $2,406.14 ↓ -64%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,448.35 ↓ -64%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,532.78 ↓ -62%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,714.45 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,714.45 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,714.45 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $6,714.45 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $6,714.45 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,714.45 ↑ +0%
HORIZON OMNIA $7,017.00 ↑ +5%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,050.17 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,318.75 ↑ +9%
QUALCARE HMO $7,730.00 ↑ +15%
QUALCARE PPO $7,730.00 ↑ +15%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $7,730.00 ↑ +15%
AETNA PPO $7,770.00 ↑ +16%
AETNA HMO $7,770.00 ↑ +16%
HORIZON SHP $7,997.00 ↑ +19%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,618.00 ↑ +28%
HORIZON HMO $8,670.00 ↑ +29%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $8,739.00 ↑ +30%
HORIZON PPO $8,889.00 ↑ +32%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $9,587.00 ↑ +43%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +48%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $10,553.25 ↑ +57%
HORIZON PIP $10,553.25 ↑ +57%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $11,256.80 ↑ +68%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $11,960.35 ↑ +78%
CIGNA HMO $12,648.42 ↑ +88%
CIGNA PPO $12,648.42 ↑ +88%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +150%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $18,283.00 ↑ +172%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $23,043.00 ↑ +243%
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
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $2,662.52 $949.90 – $12,793.30
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $1,987.60 $949.90 – $12,729.33
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Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $6,714.45 $2,204.42 – $7,050.17
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