Borrelia burgdorferi (lyme disease) antibody nonspecific 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

$17.03

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.

$165.00

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.

$17.03 with HORIZON vs $154.19 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 MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.03 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.03 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.03 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $17.03 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $17.03 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $17.03 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.03 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.03 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $17.03 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $17.03 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.88 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.56 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $22.65 ↑ +33%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $28.22 ↑ +66%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $34.95 ↑ +105%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $48.38 ↑ +184%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $49.74 ↑ +192%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $71.82 ↑ +322%
CIGNA PPO $78.04 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $78.04 ↑ +358%
AETNA HMO $110.88 ↑ +551%
AETNA PPO $110.88 ↑ +551%
HORIZON OMNIA $112.89 ↑ +563%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $113.62 ↑ +567%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $123.75 ↑ +627%
HORIZON PIP $123.75 ↑ +627%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $132.00 ↑ +675%
HORIZON SHP $135.45 ↑ +695%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $138.15 ↑ +711%
HORIZON HMO $139.52 ↑ +719%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $140.25 ↑ +724%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $140.61 ↑ +726%
HORIZON PPO $143.06 ↑ +740%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $152.79 ↑ +797%
QUALCARE PPO $152.79 ↑ +797%
QUALCARE HMO $152.79 ↑ +797%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $154.19 ↑ +805%

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Borrelia burgdorferi (lyme disease) antibody nonspecific at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Carrier Clinic Belle Mead $66.00 $23.93 – $23.93
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $17.03 $17.03 – $78.04
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $17.03 $13.62 – $76.47
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $17.03 $17.03 – $78.04
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $17.03 $17.03 – $80.15
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $17.03 $13.62 – $78.04
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $17.03 $17.03 – $78.04
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $17.03 $17.03 – $78.04

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