Alpha-fetoprotein amniotic 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

$17.00

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.

$86.00

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.

$7.87 with AETNA vs $77.90 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 $7.87 ↓ -54%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $16.73 ↓ -2%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $17.00 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $17.00 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $17.00 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $17.00 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.00 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.00 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $17.00 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.00 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.00 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.00 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.85 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.53 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $22.61 ↑ +33%
AETNA PPO $30.91 ↑ +82%
AETNA HMO $30.91 ↑ +82%
HORIZON OMNIA $31.47 ↑ +85%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $31.68 ↑ +86%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $34.50 ↑ +103%
HORIZON PIP $34.50 ↑ +103%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $34.89 ↑ +105%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $36.80 ↑ +116%
HORIZON SHP $37.76 ↑ +122%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $38.52 ↑ +127%
HORIZON HMO $38.90 ↑ +129%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $39.10 ↑ +130%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $39.20 ↑ +131%
HORIZON PPO $39.88 ↑ +135%
QUALCARE HMO $42.60 ↑ +151%
QUALCARE PPO $42.60 ↑ +151%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $42.60 ↑ +151%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $42.99 ↑ +153%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $48.98 ↑ +188%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $71.70 ↑ +322%
CIGNA HMO $77.90 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $77.90 ↑ +358%

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Alpha-fetoprotein amniotic at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $17.00 $17.00 – $77.90
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $17.00 $13.60 – $76.34
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $17.00 $11.22 – $77.90
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $17.00 $11.22 – $80.01
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $17.00 $13.60 – $77.90
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $17.00 $17.00 – $77.90
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $17.00 $11.73 – $77.90
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $17.00 $17.00 – $77.90

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