Carcinoembryonic ag (cea) 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

$18.96

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.

$323.00

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.

$14.19 with AETNA vs $86.88 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 $14.19 ↓ -25%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.96 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.96 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $18.96 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $18.96 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $18.96 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.96 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.96 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $18.96 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $18.96 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.96 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.91 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.67 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $25.22 ↑ +33%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $36.74 ↑ +94%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $38.92 ↑ +105%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $55.40 ↑ +192%
AETNA PPO $55.78 ↑ +194%
AETNA HMO $55.78 ↑ +194%
HORIZON OMNIA $56.79 ↑ +200%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $57.15 ↑ +201%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $62.25 ↑ +228%
HORIZON PIP $62.25 ↑ +228%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $66.40 ↑ +250%
HORIZON SHP $68.13 ↑ +259%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $69.50 ↑ +267%
HORIZON HMO $70.18 ↑ +270%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $70.55 ↑ +272%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $70.73 ↑ +273%
HORIZON PPO $71.96 ↑ +280%
QUALCARE PPO $76.86 ↑ +305%
QUALCARE HMO $76.86 ↑ +305%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $76.86 ↑ +305%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $77.56 ↑ +309%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $79.98 ↑ +322%
CIGNA HMO $86.88 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $86.88 ↑ +358%

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Carcinoembryonic ag (cea) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $18.96 $18.96 – $86.88
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $18.96 $15.17 – $85.14
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $18.96 $18.96 – $86.88
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $18.96 $18.96 – $89.23
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $18.96 $15.17 – $86.88
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $18.96 $18.96 – $86.88
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $18.96 $18.96 – $86.88
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $18.96 $18.96 – $86.88

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