Bis xtracell fluid analysis 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

$184.26

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.

$336.00

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.

$57.46 with AETNA vs $321.32 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 $57.46 ↓ -69%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $58.00 ↓ -69%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $58.46 ↓ -68%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $60.48 ↓ -67%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $77.00 ↓ -58%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $184.26 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $184.26 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $184.26 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $184.26 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $184.26 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $184.26 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $193.47 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $200.84 ↑ +9%
AETNA PPO $211.55 ↑ +15%
AETNA HMO $211.55 ↑ +15%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $222.84 ↑ +21%
HORIZON OMNIA $229.89 ↑ +25%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $231.37 ↑ +26%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $252.00 ↑ +37%
HORIZON PIP $252.00 ↑ +37%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $268.80 ↑ +46%
HORIZON SHP $275.82 ↑ +50%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $281.33 ↑ +53%
HORIZON HMO $284.12 ↑ +54%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $285.60 ↑ +55%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $286.34 ↑ +55%
HORIZON PPO $291.31 ↑ +58%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $302.40 ↑ +64%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $311.14 ↑ +69%
QUALCARE HMO $311.14 ↑ +69%
QUALCARE PPO $311.14 ↑ +69%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $313.99 ↑ +70%
CIGNA HMO $321.32 ↑ +74%
CIGNA PPO $321.32 ↑ +74%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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