Assay of lrh hormone 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

$17.19

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.

$275.00

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.

$17.19 with HORIZON vs $256.99 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 $17.19 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.19 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.19 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $17.19 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $17.19 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $17.19 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.19 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.19 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $17.19 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $17.19 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.05 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.74 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $22.86 ↑ +33%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $27.88 ↑ +62%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $35.28 ↑ +105%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $47.03 ↑ +174%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $50.20 ↑ +192%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $72.50 ↑ +322%
CIGNA PPO $78.77 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $78.77 ↑ +358%
AETNA HMO $184.80 ↑ +975%
AETNA PPO $184.80 ↑ +975%
HORIZON OMNIA $188.16 ↑ +995%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $189.37 ↑ +1002%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $206.25 ↑ +1100%
HORIZON PIP $206.25 ↑ +1100%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $220.00 ↑ +1180%
HORIZON SHP $225.75 ↑ +1213%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $230.26 ↑ +1239%
HORIZON HMO $232.54 ↑ +1253%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $233.75 ↑ +1260%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $234.36 ↑ +1263%
HORIZON PPO $238.43 ↑ +1287%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $254.65 ↑ +1381%
QUALCARE PPO $254.65 ↑ +1381%
QUALCARE HMO $254.65 ↑ +1381%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $256.99 ↑ +1395%

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Assay of lrh hormone at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $17.19 $17.19 – $78.77
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $17.19 $13.75 – $77.19
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $17.19 $17.19 – $78.77
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $17.19 $17.19 – $80.90
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $17.19 $13.75 – $78.77
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $17.19 $17.19 – $78.77
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $17.19 $17.19 – $78.77
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $17.19 $17.19 – $78.77

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