_afb org id by sequencing rflx ast-sendout 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

$115.36

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.

$595.00

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.

$65.84 with AETNA vs $528.62 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $65.84 ↓ -43%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $107.19 ↓ -7%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $115.36 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $115.36 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $115.36 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $115.36 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $115.36 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $115.36 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $115.36 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $115.36 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $115.36 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $115.36 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $121.13 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.74 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $153.43 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $236.78 ↑ +105%
AETNA PPO $258.72 ↑ +124%
AETNA HMO $258.72 ↑ +124%
HORIZON OMNIA $263.42 ↑ +128%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $265.11 ↑ +130%
HORIZON PIP $288.75 ↑ +150%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $288.75 ↑ +150%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $308.00 ↑ +167%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $308.00 ↑ +167%
HORIZON SHP $316.05 ↑ +174%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $322.36 ↑ +179%
HORIZON HMO $325.56 ↑ +182%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $327.25 ↑ +184%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $328.10 ↑ +184%
HORIZON PPO $333.80 ↑ +189%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $356.51 ↑ +209%
QUALCARE PPO $356.51 ↑ +209%
QUALCARE HMO $356.51 ↑ +209%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $359.78 ↑ +212%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $486.58 ↑ +322%
CIGNA PPO $528.62 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $528.62 ↑ +358%

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_afb org id by sequencing rflx ast-sendout at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $115.36 $115.36 – $528.62
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $115.36 $92.29 – $518.02
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $115.36 $101.52 – $528.62
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $115.36 $101.52 – $542.91
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $115.36 $92.29 – $528.62
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $115.36 $115.36 – $528.62
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $115.36 $75.16 – $528.62
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $115.36 $115.36 – $528.62

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