Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, with contrast) at Palisades Medical Center
7600 River Rd., North Bergen, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1730692344
$420.58
Cash price 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.
$3,795.00
Gross charge 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.
$420.58 with HORIZON vs $4,332.00 with BERGEN RISK — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $420.58 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $420.58 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $420.58 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $420.58 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $420.58 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $420.58 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $441.61 | ↑ +5% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $452.72 | ↑ +8% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $458.43 | ↑ +9% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $543.12 | ↑ +29% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $543.12 | ↑ +29% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $559.24 | ↑ +33% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $648.95 | ↑ +54% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $660.33 | ↑ +57% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $683.10 | ↑ +62% |
| AETNA | HMO | $697.59 | ↑ +66% |
| AETNA | PPO | $697.59 | ↑ +66% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $800.00 | ↑ +90% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $895.45 | ↑ +113% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $895.45 | ↑ +113% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $1,094.00 | ↑ +160% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $1,094.99 | ↑ +160% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $2,596.54 | ↑ +517% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $2,613.24 | ↑ +521% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,618.55 | ↑ +523% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $2,846.25 | ↑ +577% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $3,115.32 | ↑ +641% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $3,209.05 | ↑ +663% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,225.75 | ↑ +667% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $3,234.10 | ↑ +669% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $3,290.27 | ↑ +682% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $3,514.17 | ↑ +736% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $3,514.17 | ↑ +736% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $3,514.17 | ↑ +736% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,332.00 | ↑ +930% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, with contrast) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $395.29 | $395.29 – $4,332.00 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $420.58 | $336.46 – $4,332.00 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $390.30 | $357.13 – $4,332.00 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $395.64 | $357.13 – $4,332.00 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $395.29 | $395.29 – $4,332.00 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $395.64 | $395.64 – $4,332.00 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $395.29 | $395.29 – $4,332.00 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $390.30 | $390.30 – $4,332.00 |