Amylase 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

$6.48

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.

$478.00

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.

$6.48 with HORIZON vs $54.20 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 MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.48 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.48 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.48 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $6.48 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $6.48 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $6.48 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.48 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.48 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $6.48 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $6.48 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.80 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.06 ↑ +9%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $7.38 ↑ +14%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.62 ↑ +33%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $9.92 ↑ +53%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $13.30 ↑ +105%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $18.92 ↑ +192%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $27.33 ↑ +322%
CIGNA PPO $29.69 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $29.69 ↑ +358%
AETNA HMO $38.98 ↑ +502%
AETNA PPO $38.98 ↑ +502%
HORIZON OMNIA $39.68 ↑ +512%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $39.94 ↑ +516%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $43.50 ↑ +571%
HORIZON PIP $43.50 ↑ +571%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $46.40 ↑ +616%
HORIZON SHP $47.61 ↑ +635%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $48.56 ↑ +649%
HORIZON HMO $49.04 ↑ +657%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $49.30 ↑ +661%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $49.43 ↑ +663%
HORIZON PPO $50.29 ↑ +676%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $53.71 ↑ +729%
QUALCARE PPO $53.71 ↑ +729%
QUALCARE HMO $53.71 ↑ +729%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $54.20 ↑ +736%

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