Cholinesterase challenge at Palisades Medical Center
7600 River Rd., North Bergen, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1730692344
$366.72
Cash price 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.
$751.00
Gross charge 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.
$46.43 with HORIZON vs $718.18 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $46.43 | ↓ -87% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $47.78 | ↓ -87% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $128.42 | ↓ -65% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $130.67 | ↓ -64% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $135.18 | ↓ -63% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $366.72 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $366.72 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $366.72 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $366.72 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $366.72 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $366.72 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $385.06 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $399.73 | ↑ +9% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $430.00 | ↑ +17% |
| AETNA | PPO | $472.83 | ↑ +29% |
| AETNA | HMO | $472.83 | ↑ +29% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $513.83 | ↑ +40% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $517.14 | ↑ +41% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $563.25 | ↑ +54% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $563.25 | ↑ +54% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $576.00 | ↑ +57% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $600.80 | ↑ +64% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $616.50 | ↑ +68% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $628.81 | ↑ +71% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $635.05 | ↑ +73% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $638.35 | ↑ +74% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $640.00 | ↑ +75% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $651.12 | ↑ +78% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $675.90 | ↑ +84% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $695.43 | ↑ +90% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $695.43 | ↑ +90% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $695.43 | ↑ +90% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $701.81 | ↑ +91% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $718.18 | ↑ +96% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $718.18 | ↑ +96% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Cholinesterase challenge at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $344.68 | $344.68 – $413.61 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $366.72 | $47.78 – $4,994.00 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $340.32 | $46.33 – $2,080.00 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $344.98 | $47.78 – $2,437.00 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $344.68 | $46.33 – $413.61 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $344.98 | $47.78 – $413.97 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $344.68 | $46.33 – $413.61 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $340.32 | $46.33 – $408.39 |