Assay of salicylate 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

$18.64

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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$222.00

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.

$12.23 with HORIZON vs $207.46 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 MANAGED MEDICAID $12.23 ↓ -34%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.64 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $18.64 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.64 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.64 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $18.64 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $18.64 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $18.64 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.64 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.64 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $18.64 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.57 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.32 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24.79 ↑ +33%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $37.96 ↑ +104%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $38.26 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $78.62 ↑ +322%
CIGNA PPO $85.42 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $85.42 ↑ +358%
AETNA PPO $149.18 ↑ +700%
AETNA HMO $149.18 ↑ +700%
HORIZON OMNIA $151.89 ↑ +715%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $152.87 ↑ +720%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $166.50 ↑ +793%
HORIZON PIP $166.50 ↑ +793%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $177.60 ↑ +853%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $177.60 ↑ +853%
HORIZON SHP $182.24 ↑ +878%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $185.88 ↑ +897%
HORIZON HMO $187.72 ↑ +907%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $188.70 ↑ +912%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $189.19 ↑ +915%
HORIZON PPO $192.47 ↑ +933%
QUALCARE HMO $205.57 ↑ +1003%
QUALCARE PPO $205.57 ↑ +1003%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $205.57 ↑ +1003%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $207.46 ↑ +1013%

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