Albumin (human), 5%, 250 ml 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

$53.08

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.

$182.24

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.

$31.36 with CLOVER vs $161.31 with QUALCARE — 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $31.36 ↓ -41%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $45.12 ↓ -15%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $50.67 ↓ -5%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $53.08 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $53.08 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $53.08 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $53.08 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $55.73 ↑ +5%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $57.02 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $57.86 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $70.59 ↑ +33%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $78.39 ↑ +48%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $78.39 ↑ +48%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $85.36 ↑ +61%
CIGNA PPO $86.23 ↑ +62%
CIGNA HMO $86.23 ↑ +62%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $87.10 ↑ +64%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $87.10 ↑ +64%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $94.24 ↑ +78%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $94.24 ↑ +78%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $104.52 ↑ +97%
HORIZON OMNIA $119.19 ↑ +125%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $119.95 ↑ +126%
HORIZON PIP $130.65 ↑ +146%
HORIZON SHP $143.00 ↑ +169%
HORIZON HMO $147.30 ↑ +178%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $148.07 ↑ +179%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $148.45 ↑ +180%
HORIZON PPO $151.03 ↑ +185%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $156.78 ↑ +195%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $161.31 ↑ +204%
QUALCARE HMO $161.31 ↑ +204%
QUALCARE PPO $161.31 ↑ +204%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
AETNA PPO not published by hospital
AETNA HMO not published by hospital

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