Counseling smoke cess interm >10mins 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

$35.08

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.

$99.00

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.

$16.93 with AETNA vs $1,313.00 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 $16.93 ↓ -52%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $17.23 ↓ -51%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.82 ↓ -49%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $35.08 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.08 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.08 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.08 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $35.08 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.08 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $36.84 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $38.24 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $41.87 ↑ +19%
AETNA PPO $62.33 ↑ +78%
AETNA HMO $62.33 ↑ +78%
HORIZON OMNIA $67.74 ↑ +93%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $68.17 ↑ +94%
HORIZON PIP $74.25 ↑ +112%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $74.25 ↑ +112%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $79.20 ↑ +126%
HORIZON SHP $81.27 ↑ +132%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $82.89 ↑ +136%
HORIZON HMO $83.71 ↑ +139%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $84.15 ↑ +140%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $84.37 ↑ +141%
HORIZON PPO $85.83 ↑ +145%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $89.10 ↑ +154%
QUALCARE PPO $91.67 ↑ +161%
QUALCARE HMO $91.67 ↑ +161%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $91.67 ↑ +161%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $92.52 ↑ +164%
CIGNA HMO $94.67 ↑ +170%
CIGNA PPO $94.67 ↑ +170%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $981.00 ↑ +2696%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,313.00 ↑ +3643%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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