Cell count body fluid 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

$4.72

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.

$143.00

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.

$4.72 with HORIZON vs $133.63 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 MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.72 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.72 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $4.72 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.72 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $4.72 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $4.72 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.72 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.72 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $4.72 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $4.72 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $4.89 ↑ +4%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.96 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.14 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.28 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $9.69 ↑ +105%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $13.80 ↑ +192%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $19.91 ↑ +322%
CIGNA PPO $21.63 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $21.63 ↑ +358%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $24.45 ↑ +418%
AETNA PPO $96.10 ↑ +1936%
AETNA HMO $96.10 ↑ +1936%
HORIZON OMNIA $97.84 ↑ +1973%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $98.47 ↑ +1986%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $107.25 ↑ +2172%
HORIZON PIP $107.25 ↑ +2172%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $114.40 ↑ +2324%
HORIZON SHP $117.39 ↑ +2387%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $119.73 ↑ +2437%
HORIZON HMO $120.92 ↑ +2462%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $121.55 ↑ +2475%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $121.86 ↑ +2482%
HORIZON PPO $123.98 ↑ +2527%
QUALCARE HMO $132.42 ↑ +2706%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $132.42 ↑ +2706%
QUALCARE PPO $132.42 ↑ +2706%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $133.63 ↑ +2731%

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