Application of body cast at Palisades Medical Center
7600 River Rd., North Bergen, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1730692344
$312.76
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.
$631.00
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.
$0.01 with CIGNA vs $16,802.00 with HORIZON — 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 |
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| CIGNA | PPO | $0.01 | ↓ -100% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $0.01 | ↓ -100% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $107.90 | ↓ -66% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $109.79 | ↓ -65% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $113.58 | ↓ -64% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $312.76 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $312.76 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $312.76 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $312.76 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $312.76 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $312.76 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $328.40 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $340.91 | ↑ +9% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $347.63 | ↑ +11% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $431.73 | ↑ +38% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $473.25 | ↑ +51% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $473.25 | ↑ +51% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $504.80 | ↑ +61% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $517.99 | ↑ +66% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $528.34 | ↑ +69% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $533.57 | ↑ +71% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $536.35 | ↑ +71% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $537.74 | ↑ +72% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $547.08 | ↑ +75% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $584.31 | ↑ +87% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $584.31 | ↑ +87% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $584.31 | ↑ +87% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $589.67 | ↑ +89% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $2,254.00 | ↑ +621% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,775.00 | ↑ +787% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $3,339.00 | ↑ +968% |
| AETNA | PPO | $7,770.00 | ↑ +2384% |
| AETNA | HMO | $7,770.00 | ↑ +2384% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,933.00 | ↑ +3076% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $16,802.00 | ↑ +5272% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Application of body cast at other New-jersey hospitals
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|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $293.96 | $293.96 – $352.75 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $312.76 | $250.21 – $347.63 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $290.25 | $265.58 – $348.30 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $294.21 | $195.54 – $347.63 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $293.96 | $293.96 – $352.75 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $294.21 | $294.21 – $353.06 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $293.96 | $293.96 – $352.75 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $290.25 | $290.25 – $348.30 |