Alteplase 100 mg infusion from pyxis vial 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

$91.47

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$443.54

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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$79.68 with CLOVER vs $409.93 with QUALCARE — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $79.68 ↓ -13%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $80.03 ↓ -13%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $94.15 ↑ +3%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $94.15 ↑ +3%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $94.15 ↑ +3%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $94.15 ↑ +3%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $98.86 ↑ +8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $102.62 ↑ +12%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $118.34 ↑ +29%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $128.78 ↑ +41%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $144.89 ↑ +58%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $199.21 ↑ +118%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $199.21 ↑ +118%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $216.92 ↑ +137%
CIGNA PPO $219.13 ↑ +140%
CIGNA HMO $219.13 ↑ +140%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $221.35 ↑ +142%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $221.35 ↑ +142%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $239.50 ↑ +162%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $239.50 ↑ +162%
AETNA HMO $251.89 ↑ +175%
AETNA PPO $251.89 ↑ +175%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $265.61 ↑ +190%
HORIZON OMNIA $302.89 ↑ +231%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $304.84 ↑ +233%
HORIZON PIP $332.02 ↑ +263%
HORIZON SHP $363.40 ↑ +297%
HORIZON HMO $374.34 ↑ +309%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $376.29 ↑ +311%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $377.26 ↑ +312%
HORIZON PPO $383.81 ↑ +320%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $398.42 ↑ +336%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $409.93 ↑ +348%
QUALCARE PPO $409.93 ↑ +348%
QUALCARE HMO $409.93 ↑ +348%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $94.15 $80.03 – $188.27
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