Argatroban nonesrd use 1mg 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

$1.26

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.

$7.75

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.

$0.63 with HORIZON vs $5.69 with QUALCARE — 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 $0.63 ↓ -50%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $0.74 ↓ -41%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $0.74 ↓ -41%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $0.74 ↓ -41%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $0.74 ↓ -41%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $0.78 ↓ -38%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $0.81 ↓ -36%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1.11 ↓ -12%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1.20 ↓ -5%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1.79 ↑ +42%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $2.01 ↑ +60%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2.77 ↑ +120%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2.77 ↑ +120%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $3.01 ↑ +139%
CIGNA PPO $3.04 ↑ +141%
CIGNA HMO $3.04 ↑ +141%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $3.08 ↑ +144%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $3.08 ↑ +144%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $3.33 ↑ +164%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $3.33 ↑ +164%
AETNA HMO $3.50 ↑ +178%
AETNA PPO $3.50 ↑ +178%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $3.69 ↑ +193%
HORIZON OMNIA $4.21 ↑ +234%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $4.23 ↑ +236%
HORIZON PIP $4.61 ↑ +266%
HORIZON SHP $5.05 ↑ +301%
HORIZON HMO $5.20 ↑ +313%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $5.23 ↑ +315%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $5.24 ↑ +316%
HORIZON PPO $5.33 ↑ +323%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $5.54 ↑ +340%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5.69 ↑ +352%
QUALCARE PPO $5.69 ↑ +352%
QUALCARE HMO $5.69 ↑ +352%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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