Calcium 24 hour urine 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

$6.03

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.

$221.00

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.

$3.93 with AETNA vs $27.63 with CIGNA — 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $3.93 ↓ -35%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $5.90 ↓ -2%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.03 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $6.03 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $6.03 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $6.03 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $6.03 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.03 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.03 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $6.03 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.03 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.03 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.33 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.57 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.02 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $12.38 ↑ +105%
AETNA PPO $15.46 ↑ +156%
AETNA HMO $15.46 ↑ +156%
HORIZON OMNIA $15.74 ↑ +161%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $15.84 ↑ +163%
HORIZON PIP $17.25 ↑ +186%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $17.25 ↑ +186%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $17.62 ↑ +192%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $18.40 ↑ +205%
HORIZON SHP $18.88 ↑ +213%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $19.26 ↑ +219%
HORIZON HMO $19.45 ↑ +223%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $19.55 ↑ +224%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $19.60 ↑ +225%
HORIZON PPO $19.94 ↑ +231%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $21.30 ↑ +253%
QUALCARE PPO $21.30 ↑ +253%
QUALCARE HMO $21.30 ↑ +253%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $21.49 ↑ +256%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $25.44 ↑ +322%
CIGNA PPO $27.63 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $27.63 ↑ +358%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $6.03 $6.03 – $27.63
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $6.03 $4.82 – $27.08
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $6.03 $3.96 – $27.63
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Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $6.03 $4.14 – $27.63
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