Bone survey-lead poisoning 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

$125.23

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.

$657.00

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.

$30.70 with HORIZON vs $608.38 with QUALCARE — 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 $30.70 ↓ -75%
AETNA PPO $110.35 ↓ -12%
AETNA HMO $110.35 ↓ -12%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $112.35 ↓ -10%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $114.32 ↓ -9%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $118.26 ↓ -6%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $119.35 ↓ -5%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $119.45 ↓ -5%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.23 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.23 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.23 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $125.23 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $125.23 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.23 ↑ +0%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.91 ↑ +1%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $131.49 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $136.50 ↑ +9%
CIGNA HMO $157.88 ↑ +26%
CIGNA PPO $157.88 ↑ +26%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $295.04 ↑ +136%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $295.04 ↑ +136%
HORIZON OMNIA $449.52 ↑ +259%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $452.41 ↑ +261%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $492.75 ↑ +293%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $492.75 ↑ +293%
HORIZON PIP $492.75 ↑ +293%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $525.60 ↑ +320%
HORIZON SHP $539.33 ↑ +331%
HORIZON HMO $555.56 ↑ +344%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $558.45 ↑ +346%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $559.90 ↑ +347%
HORIZON PPO $569.62 ↑ +355%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $608.38 ↑ +386%
QUALCARE HMO $608.38 ↑ +386%
QUALCARE PPO $608.38 ↑ +386%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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