Blood split unit 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

$166.99

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.

$451.00

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.

$77.12 with AETNA vs $907.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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 $77.12 ↓ -54%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $78.47 ↓ -53%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $81.18 ↓ -51%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $130.83 ↓ -22%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $166.99 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $166.99 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $166.99 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $166.99 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $166.99 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $166.99 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $175.34 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $182.02 ↑ +9%
AETNA PPO $283.95 ↑ +70%
AETNA HMO $283.95 ↑ +70%
HORIZON OMNIA $308.57 ↑ +85%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $310.56 ↑ +86%
HORIZON PIP $338.25 ↑ +103%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $338.25 ↑ +103%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $360.80 ↑ +116%
HORIZON SHP $370.23 ↑ +122%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $377.62 ↑ +126%
HORIZON HMO $381.37 ↑ +128%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $383.35 ↑ +130%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $384.34 ↑ +130%
HORIZON PPO $391.02 ↑ +134%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $405.90 ↑ +143%
QUALCARE PPO $417.63 ↑ +150%
QUALCARE HMO $417.63 ↑ +150%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $417.63 ↑ +150%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $421.46 ↑ +152%
CIGNA HMO $431.29 ↑ +158%
CIGNA PPO $431.29 ↑ +158%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $668.00 ↑ +300%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $907.00 ↑ +443%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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