Acoustic immitance testing 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

$184.26

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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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$627.00

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.

$34.97 with HORIZON vs $994.00 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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $34.97 ↓ -81%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $49.03 ↓ -73%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $107.22 ↓ -42%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $109.10 ↓ -41%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $112.86 ↓ -39%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $184.26 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $184.26 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $184.26 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $184.26 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $184.26 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $184.26 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $193.47 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $200.84 ↑ +9%
AETNA PPO $394.76 ↑ +114%
AETNA HMO $394.76 ↑ +114%
HORIZON OMNIA $428.99 ↑ +133%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $431.75 ↑ +134%
HORIZON PIP $470.25 ↑ +155%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $470.25 ↑ +155%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $501.60 ↑ +172%
HORIZON SHP $514.70 ↑ +179%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $524.99 ↑ +185%
HORIZON HMO $530.19 ↑ +188%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $532.95 ↑ +189%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $534.33 ↑ +190%
HORIZON PPO $543.61 ↑ +195%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $564.30 ↑ +206%
QUALCARE HMO $580.60 ↑ +215%
QUALCARE PPO $580.60 ↑ +215%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $580.60 ↑ +215%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $585.93 ↑ +218%
CIGNA HMO $599.60 ↑ +225%
CIGNA PPO $599.60 ↑ +225%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $745.00 ↑ +304%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $994.00 ↑ +439%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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