Beta-2 microglobulin 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

$16.18

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.

$110.00

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.

$7.52 with AETNA vs $74.14 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 $7.52 ↓ -54%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.18 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $16.18 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $16.18 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $16.18 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.18 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.18 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $16.18 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.18 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.18 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $16.18 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.99 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.64 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.52 ↑ +33%
AETNA HMO $29.57 ↑ +83%
AETNA PPO $29.57 ↑ +83%
HORIZON OMNIA $30.10 ↑ +86%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $30.30 ↑ +87%
HORIZON PIP $33.00 ↑ +104%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $33.00 ↑ +104%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $33.21 ↑ +105%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $35.20 ↑ +118%
HORIZON SHP $36.12 ↑ +123%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $36.84 ↑ +128%
HORIZON HMO $37.21 ↑ +130%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $37.40 ↑ +131%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $37.50 ↑ +132%
HORIZON PPO $38.15 ↑ +136%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $40.18 ↑ +148%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $40.74 ↑ +152%
QUALCARE PPO $40.74 ↑ +152%
QUALCARE HMO $40.74 ↑ +152%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $41.12 ↑ +154%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $47.24 ↑ +192%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $68.25 ↑ +322%
CIGNA PPO $74.14 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $74.14 ↑ +358%

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Beta-2 microglobulin at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $16.18 $16.18 – $74.14
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $16.18 $12.94 – $72.66
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $16.18 $16.18 – $74.14
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $16.18 $16.18 – $76.15
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $16.18 $12.94 – $74.14
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $16.18 $16.18 – $74.14
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $16.18 $16.18 – $74.14
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $16.18 $16.18 – $74.14

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