Assay toxin or antitoxin 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

$19.74

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.

$63.00

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.

$10.77 with AETNA vs $90.46 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $10.77 ↓ -45%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.74 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $19.74 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $19.74 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $19.74 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $19.74 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.74 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.74 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $19.74 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.74 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.74 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.73 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.52 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $26.25 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $40.52 ↑ +105%
AETNA HMO $42.34 ↑ +114%
AETNA PPO $42.34 ↑ +114%
HORIZON OMNIA $43.10 ↑ +118%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $43.38 ↑ +120%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $44.28 ↑ +124%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $47.25 ↑ +139%
HORIZON PIP $47.25 ↑ +139%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $50.40 ↑ +155%
HORIZON SHP $51.72 ↑ +162%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $52.75 ↑ +167%
HORIZON HMO $53.27 ↑ +170%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $53.55 ↑ +171%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $53.69 ↑ +172%
HORIZON PPO $54.62 ↑ +177%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $57.66 ↑ +192%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $58.34 ↑ +196%
QUALCARE PPO $58.34 ↑ +196%
QUALCARE HMO $58.34 ↑ +196%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $58.87 ↑ +198%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $83.27 ↑ +322%
CIGNA PPO $90.46 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $90.46 ↑ +358%

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