Borrelia antibody 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

$13.38

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.

$328.00

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.

$12.43 with HORIZON vs $306.52 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 $12.43 ↓ -7%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.38 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $13.38 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $13.38 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $13.38 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.38 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $13.38 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.38 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $13.38 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.38 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.38 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.05 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.58 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.80 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $27.46 ↑ +105%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $39.08 ↑ +192%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $56.09 ↑ +319%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $56.43 ↑ +322%
CIGNA PPO $61.31 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $61.31 ↑ +358%
AETNA PPO $220.42 ↑ +1547%
AETNA HMO $220.42 ↑ +1547%
HORIZON OMNIA $224.42 ↑ +1577%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $225.86 ↑ +1588%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $246.00 ↑ +1739%
HORIZON PIP $246.00 ↑ +1739%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $262.40 ↑ +1861%
HORIZON SHP $269.26 ↑ +1912%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $274.63 ↑ +1953%
HORIZON HMO $277.36 ↑ +1973%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $278.80 ↑ +1984%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $279.52 ↑ +1989%
HORIZON PPO $284.38 ↑ +2025%
QUALCARE HMO $303.73 ↑ +2170%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $303.73 ↑ +2170%
QUALCARE PPO $303.73 ↑ +2170%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $306.52 ↑ +2191%

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