Ast/sgot 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

$5.18

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.

$120.00

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.

$4.92 with HORIZON vs $46.73 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 $4.92 ↓ -5%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.18 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.18 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $5.18 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $5.18 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $5.18 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.18 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.18 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $5.18 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $5.18 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.18 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.44 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.65 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.89 ↑ +33%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $8.55 ↑ +65%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $10.63 ↑ +105%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $15.10 ↑ +192%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $21.84 ↑ +322%
CIGNA PPO $23.74 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $23.74 ↑ +358%
AETNA HMO $33.60 ↑ +549%
AETNA PPO $33.60 ↑ +549%
HORIZON OMNIA $34.21 ↑ +560%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $34.43 ↑ +565%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $37.50 ↑ +624%
HORIZON PIP $37.50 ↑ +624%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $40.00 ↑ +672%
HORIZON SHP $41.05 ↑ +692%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $41.87 ↑ +708%
HORIZON HMO $42.28 ↑ +716%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $42.50 ↑ +720%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $42.61 ↑ +723%
HORIZON PPO $43.35 ↑ +737%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $46.30 ↑ +794%
QUALCARE PPO $46.30 ↑ +794%
QUALCARE HMO $46.30 ↑ +794%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $46.73 ↑ +802%

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