Cmptr ophth img optic nerve 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

$69.95

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.

$155.00

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.

$26.51 with AETNA vs $576.00 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $26.51 ↓ -62%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $26.97 ↓ -61%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $27.90 ↓ -60%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $31.75 ↓ -55%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $51.65 ↓ -26%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $51.70 ↓ -26%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $63.84 ↓ -9%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $69.95 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $69.95 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $69.95 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $69.95 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $69.95 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $69.95 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $73.45 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $76.25 ↑ +9%
AETNA HMO $97.59 ↑ +40%
AETNA PPO $97.59 ↑ +40%
HORIZON OMNIA $106.05 ↑ +52%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $106.73 ↑ +53%
HORIZON PIP $116.25 ↑ +66%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $116.25 ↑ +66%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $124.00 ↑ +77%
HORIZON SHP $127.24 ↑ +82%
HORIZON HMO $131.07 ↑ +87%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $131.75 ↑ +88%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $132.09 ↑ +89%
HORIZON PPO $134.39 ↑ +92%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $139.50 ↑ +99%
QUALCARE HMO $143.53 ↑ +105%
QUALCARE PPO $143.53 ↑ +105%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $143.53 ↑ +105%
CIGNA PPO $148.23 ↑ +112%
CIGNA HMO $148.23 ↑ +112%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $430.00 ↑ +515%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $576.00 ↑ +723%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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