#cms hgb-sulfhemoglobin 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

$8.80

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.

$57.00

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.

$4.92 with HORIZON vs $53.27 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 $4.92 ↓ -44%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.80 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.80 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $8.80 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $8.80 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $8.80 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.80 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.80 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $8.80 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $8.80 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.80 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.24 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.59 ↑ +9%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $9.75 ↑ +11%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.70 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $18.06 ↑ +105%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $24.16 ↑ +175%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $37.11 ↑ +322%
AETNA HMO $38.30 ↑ +335%
AETNA PPO $38.30 ↑ +335%
HORIZON OMNIA $39.00 ↑ +343%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $39.25 ↑ +346%
CIGNA PPO $40.32 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $40.32 ↑ +358%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $42.75 ↑ +386%
HORIZON PIP $42.75 ↑ +386%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $45.60 ↑ +418%
HORIZON SHP $46.79 ↑ +432%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $47.73 ↑ +442%
HORIZON HMO $48.20 ↑ +448%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $48.45 ↑ +451%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $48.58 ↑ +452%
HORIZON PPO $49.42 ↑ +462%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $52.78 ↑ +500%
QUALCARE PPO $52.78 ↑ +500%
QUALCARE HMO $52.78 ↑ +500%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $53.27 ↑ +505%

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#cms hgb-sulfhemoglobin at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $8.80 $8.80 – $40.32
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $8.80 $4.46 – $39.52
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $8.80 $3.30 – $40.32
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $8.80 $3.30 – $41.41
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $8.80 $7.04 – $40.32
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $8.80 $8.80 – $40.32
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $8.80 $3.45 – $40.32
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $8.80 $8.80 – $40.32

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