C-reactive protein, quantitative 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

$10.64

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.

$135.00

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.

$9.89 with HORIZON vs $126.16 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 $9.89 ↓ -7%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.64 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.64 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $10.64 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $10.64 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $10.64 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.64 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.64 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $10.64 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $10.64 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.64 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.17 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.60 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.15 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $21.84 ↑ +105%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $23.09 ↑ +117%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $31.06 ↑ +192%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $44.88 ↑ +322%
CIGNA PPO $48.76 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $48.76 ↑ +358%
AETNA HMO $90.72 ↑ +753%
AETNA PPO $90.72 ↑ +753%
HORIZON OMNIA $92.37 ↑ +768%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $92.96 ↑ +774%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $101.25 ↑ +852%
HORIZON PIP $101.25 ↑ +852%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $108.00 ↑ +915%
HORIZON SHP $110.82 ↑ +942%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $113.04 ↑ +962%
HORIZON HMO $114.16 ↑ +973%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $114.75 ↑ +978%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $115.05 ↑ +981%
HORIZON PPO $117.05 ↑ +1000%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $125.01 ↑ +1075%
QUALCARE PPO $125.01 ↑ +1075%
QUALCARE HMO $125.01 ↑ +1075%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $126.16 ↑ +1086%

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