Ventilator each subsequent day 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

$778.55

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.

$2,008.00

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.

$69.76 with HORIZON vs $1,920.25 with CIGNA — 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 $69.76 ↓ -91%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $106.97 ↓ -86%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $327.00 ↓ -58%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $343.37 ↓ -56%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $349.39 ↓ -55%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $361.44 ↓ -54%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $444.00 ↓ -43%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $778.55 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $778.55 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $778.55 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $778.55 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $778.55 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $778.55 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $817.48 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $848.62 ↑ +9%
AETNA PPO $1,264.24 ↑ +62%
AETNA HMO $1,264.24 ↑ +62%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,373.87 ↑ +76%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $1,382.71 ↑ +78%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,506.00 ↑ +93%
HORIZON PIP $1,506.00 ↑ +93%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,606.40 ↑ +106%
HORIZON SHP $1,648.37 ↑ +112%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,681.30 ↑ +116%
HORIZON HMO $1,697.96 ↑ +118%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,706.80 ↑ +119%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,711.22 ↑ +120%
HORIZON PPO $1,740.94 ↑ +124%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,807.20 ↑ +132%
QUALCARE HMO $1,859.41 ↑ +139%
QUALCARE PPO $1,859.41 ↑ +139%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,859.41 ↑ +139%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,876.48 ↑ +141%
CIGNA HMO $1,920.25 ↑ +147%
CIGNA PPO $1,920.25 ↑ +147%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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