17-ketosteroids 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

$12.80

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.

$83.00

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.

$12.30 with HORIZON vs $77.56 with AMERIHEALTH — 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 $12.30 ↓ -4%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.80 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.80 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $12.80 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $12.80 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $12.80 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.80 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.80 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $12.80 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $12.80 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.80 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.44 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.95 ↑ +9%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $14.19 ↑ +11%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.02 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $26.27 ↑ +105%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $37.38 ↑ +192%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $53.98 ↑ +322%
AETNA HMO $55.78 ↑ +336%
AETNA PPO $55.78 ↑ +336%
HORIZON OMNIA $56.79 ↑ +344%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $57.15 ↑ +346%
CIGNA PPO $58.65 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $58.65 ↑ +358%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $62.25 ↑ +386%
HORIZON PIP $62.25 ↑ +386%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $66.40 ↑ +419%
HORIZON SHP $68.13 ↑ +432%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $69.50 ↑ +443%
HORIZON HMO $70.18 ↑ +448%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $70.55 ↑ +451%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $70.73 ↑ +453%
HORIZON PPO $71.96 ↑ +462%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $76.86 ↑ +500%
QUALCARE PPO $76.86 ↑ +500%
QUALCARE HMO $76.86 ↑ +500%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $77.56 ↑ +506%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $12.80 $12.80 – $58.65
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $12.80 $10.24 – $57.48
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $12.80 $8.25 – $58.65
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $12.80 $8.25 – $60.24
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $12.80 $10.24 – $58.65
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $12.80 $12.80 – $58.65
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $12.80 $8.63 – $58.65
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $12.80 $12.80 – $58.65

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