Actinotherapy uv light 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

$46.22

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.

$316.00

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.

$14.03 with HORIZON vs $907.00 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 $14.03 ↓ -70%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $45.50 ↓ -2%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $46.22 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $46.22 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $46.22 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $46.22 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $46.22 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $46.22 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $48.53 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $50.38 ↑ +9%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $54.04 ↑ +17%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $54.98 ↑ +19%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $56.88 ↑ +23%
AETNA PPO $198.95 ↑ +330%
AETNA HMO $198.95 ↑ +330%
HORIZON OMNIA $216.21 ↑ +368%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $217.60 ↑ +371%
HORIZON PIP $237.00 ↑ +413%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $237.00 ↑ +413%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $252.80 ↑ +447%
HORIZON SHP $259.40 ↑ +461%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $264.59 ↑ +472%
HORIZON HMO $267.21 ↑ +478%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $268.60 ↑ +481%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $269.30 ↑ +483%
HORIZON PPO $273.97 ↑ +493%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $284.40 ↑ +515%
QUALCARE HMO $292.62 ↑ +533%
QUALCARE PPO $292.62 ↑ +533%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $292.62 ↑ +533%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $295.30 ↑ +539%
CIGNA HMO $302.19 ↑ +554%
CIGNA PPO $302.19 ↑ +554%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $826.00 ↑ +1687%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $907.00 ↑ +1862%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $43.44 $43.44 – $52.13
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $46.22 $36.98 – $4,221.00
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Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $43.44 $42.98 – $52.13
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