Aquaporin-4 antibody elisa 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

$11.53

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.

$158.00

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.

$7.56 with HORIZON vs $151.10 with CIGNA — 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 $7.56 ↓ -34%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.53 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.53 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.53 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $11.53 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $11.53 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $11.53 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.53 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $11.53 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.53 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $11.53 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.11 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.57 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.33 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $23.67 ↑ +105%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $27.02 ↑ +134%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $48.64 ↑ +322%
AETNA HMO $106.18 ↑ +821%
AETNA PPO $106.18 ↑ +821%
HORIZON OMNIA $108.10 ↑ +838%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $108.80 ↑ +844%
HORIZON PIP $118.50 ↑ +928%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $118.50 ↑ +928%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $126.40 ↑ +996%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $126.40 ↑ +996%
HORIZON SHP $129.70 ↑ +1025%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $132.29 ↑ +1047%
HORIZON HMO $133.60 ↑ +1059%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $134.30 ↑ +1065%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $134.65 ↑ +1068%
HORIZON PPO $136.99 ↑ +1088%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $146.31 ↑ +1169%
QUALCARE PPO $146.31 ↑ +1169%
QUALCARE HMO $146.31 ↑ +1169%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $147.65 ↑ +1181%
CIGNA PPO $151.10 ↑ +1210%
CIGNA HMO $151.10 ↑ +1210%

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