Albumin body fluid quantitative each specimen at Palisades Medical Center
7600 River Rd., North Bergen, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1730692344
$7.78
Cash price 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.
$174.00
Gross charge 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.
$7.05 with HORIZON vs $42.05 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $7.05 | ↓ -9% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $7.70 | ↓ -1% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $7.78 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $7.78 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $7.78 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $7.78 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $7.78 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $7.78 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $7.78 | ↑ +0% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $7.78 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $7.78 | ↑ +0% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $7.78 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $8.17 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $8.48 | ↑ +9% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $10.35 | ↑ +33% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $15.12 | ↑ +94% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $15.97 | ↑ +105% |
| AETNA | HMO | $30.24 | ↑ +289% |
| AETNA | PPO | $30.24 | ↑ +289% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $30.79 | ↑ +296% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $30.99 | ↑ +298% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $32.82 | ↑ +322% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $33.75 | ↑ +334% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $33.75 | ↑ +334% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $35.65 | ↑ +358% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $35.65 | ↑ +358% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $36.00 | ↑ +363% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $36.94 | ↑ +375% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $37.68 | ↑ +384% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $38.05 | ↑ +389% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $38.25 | ↑ +392% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $38.35 | ↑ +393% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $39.02 | ↑ +402% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $41.67 | ↑ +436% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $41.67 | ↑ +436% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $41.67 | ↑ +436% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $42.05 | ↑ +440% |
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Albumin body fluid quantitative each specimen at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $7.78 | $7.78 – $35.65 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $7.78 | $6.22 – $34.94 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $7.78 | $2.67 – $35.65 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $7.78 | $2.67 – $36.61 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $7.78 | $6.22 – $35.65 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $7.78 | $7.78 – $35.65 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $7.78 | $4.95 – $35.65 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $7.78 | $7.78 – $35.65 |