Cath left heart/lv gram 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

$3,787.84

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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.

$15,597.00

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.

$922.67 with HORIZON vs $19,490.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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 $922.67 ↓ -76%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,579.62 ↓ -58%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $2,667.09 ↓ -30%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,713.88 ↓ -28%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,807.46 ↓ -26%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3,787.84 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,787.84 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,787.84 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,787.84 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,787.84 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,787.84 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,977.23 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,128.74 ↑ +9%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $6,238.80 ↑ +65%
HORIZON OMNIA $7,017.00 ↑ +85%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $7,730.00 ↑ +104%
QUALCARE PPO $7,730.00 ↑ +104%
QUALCARE HMO $7,730.00 ↑ +104%
HORIZON SHP $7,997.00 ↑ +111%
AETNA HMO $8,181.00 ↑ +116%
AETNA PPO $8,181.00 ↑ +116%
HORIZON HMO $8,670.00 ↑ +129%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $8,739.00 ↑ +131%
HORIZON PPO $8,889.00 ↑ +135%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $10,259.00 ↑ +171%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $11,413.00 ↑ +201%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $11,697.75 ↑ +209%
HORIZON PIP $11,697.75 ↑ +209%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $11,920.00 ↑ +215%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $13,257.45 ↑ +250%
CIGNA HMO $14,735.00 ↑ +289%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $15,487.00 ↑ +309%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +344%
CIGNA PPO $16,921.00 ↑ +347%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $19,490.00 ↑ +415%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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