Ammonia 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

$14.57

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.

$183.00

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.

$9.84 with HORIZON vs $171.01 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.

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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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $9.84 ↓ -32%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.57 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.57 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $14.57 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $14.57 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $14.57 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.57 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.57 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $14.57 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $14.57 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.57 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.30 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.88 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.38 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $29.90 ↑ +105%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $31.29 ↑ +115%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $42.56 ↑ +192%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $61.44 ↑ +322%
CIGNA PPO $66.76 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $66.76 ↑ +358%
AETNA HMO $122.98 ↑ +744%
AETNA PPO $122.98 ↑ +744%
HORIZON OMNIA $125.21 ↑ +759%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $126.01 ↑ +765%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $137.25 ↑ +842%
HORIZON PIP $137.25 ↑ +842%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $146.40 ↑ +905%
HORIZON SHP $150.22 ↑ +931%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $153.23 ↑ +952%
HORIZON HMO $154.74 ↑ +962%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $155.55 ↑ +968%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $155.95 ↑ +970%
HORIZON PPO $158.66 ↑ +989%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $169.46 ↑ +1063%
QUALCARE PPO $169.46 ↑ +1063%
QUALCARE HMO $169.46 ↑ +1063%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $171.01 ↑ +1074%

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