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7600 River Rd., North Bergen, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1730692344
$7.89
Cash price 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.
$105.00
Gross charge 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.
$7.89 with HORIZON vs $725.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $7.89 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $7.89 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $7.89 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $7.89 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $7.89 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $7.89 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $7.89 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $8.28 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $8.60 | ↑ +9% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $9.92 | ↑ +26% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $17.96 | ↑ +128% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $18.27 | ↑ +132% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $18.90 | ↑ +140% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $71.84 | ↑ +811% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $72.30 | ↑ +816% |
| AETNA | HMO | $77.84 | ↑ +887% |
| AETNA | PPO | $77.84 | ↑ +887% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $78.75 | ↑ +898% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $84.00 | ↑ +965% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $86.19 | ↑ +992% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $87.92 | ↑ +1014% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $88.79 | ↑ +1025% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $89.25 | ↑ +1031% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $89.48 | ↑ +1034% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $91.04 | ↑ +1054% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $94.50 | ↑ +1098% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $97.23 | ↑ +1132% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $97.23 | ↑ +1132% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $97.23 | ↑ +1132% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $98.12 | ↑ +1144% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $100.41 | ↑ +1173% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $100.41 | ↑ +1173% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $224.00 | ↑ +2739% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $291.00 | ↑ +3588% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $558.00 | ↑ +6972% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $725.00 | ↑ +9089% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Appl modality 1/> areas paraffin bath 97018 at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $7.89 | $7.89 – $447.00 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $7.89 | $6.31 – $406.00 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $7.89 | $7.89 – $525.00 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $7.89 | $7.89 – $525.00 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $7.89 | $6.31 – $561.00 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $7.89 | $7.89 – $471.00 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $7.89 | $7.89 – $464.00 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $7.89 | $7.89 – $563.00 |