Cell cryopreserve/storage 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

$13.07

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.

$278.00

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.

$9.38 with HORIZON vs $259.79 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 $9.38 ↓ -28%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.07 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $13.07 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $13.07 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $13.07 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.07 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $13.07 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.07 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $13.07 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.07 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.07 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.72 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.25 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.38 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $26.83 ↑ +105%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $29.50 ↑ +126%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $47.54 ↑ +264%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $55.14 ↑ +322%
CIGNA PPO $59.89 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $59.89 ↑ +358%
AETNA PPO $186.82 ↑ +1329%
AETNA HMO $186.82 ↑ +1329%
HORIZON OMNIA $190.21 ↑ +1355%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $191.43 ↑ +1365%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $208.50 ↑ +1495%
HORIZON PIP $208.50 ↑ +1495%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $222.40 ↑ +1602%
HORIZON SHP $228.21 ↑ +1646%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $232.77 ↑ +1681%
HORIZON HMO $235.08 ↑ +1699%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $236.30 ↑ +1708%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $236.91 ↑ +1713%
HORIZON PPO $241.03 ↑ +1744%
QUALCARE HMO $257.43 ↑ +1870%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $257.43 ↑ +1870%
QUALCARE PPO $257.43 ↑ +1870%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $259.79 ↑ +1888%

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Cell cryopreserve/storage at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $13.07 $13.07 – $59.89
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $13.07 $8.50 – $58.69
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $13.07 $8.53 – $59.89
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $13.07 $8.53 – $61.51
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $13.07 $10.46 – $59.89
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $13.07 $13.07 – $59.89
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $13.07 $6.58 – $59.89
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $13.07 $13.07 – $59.89

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