CT limited or localized follow-up study 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

$103.69

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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$887.00

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.

$103.69 with HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN vs $821.36 with QUALCARE — 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 BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.69 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.69 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.69 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $103.69 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $103.69 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.69 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $108.88 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $113.03 ↑ +9%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $151.68 ↑ +46%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $154.19 ↑ +49%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $154.34 ↑ +49%
AETNA PPO $157.56 ↑ +52%
AETNA HMO $157.56 ↑ +52%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $159.66 ↑ +54%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $196.79 ↑ +90%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $196.79 ↑ +90%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $257.71 ↑ +149%
CIGNA HMO $271.08 ↑ +161%
CIGNA PPO $271.08 ↑ +161%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $373.95 ↑ +261%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $374.29 ↑ +261%
HORIZON OMNIA $606.89 ↑ +485%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $610.79 ↑ +489%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $612.03 ↑ +490%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $650.00 ↑ +527%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $665.25 ↑ +542%
HORIZON PIP $665.25 ↑ +542%
HORIZON SHP $728.14 ↑ +602%
HORIZON HMO $750.05 ↑ +623%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $753.95 ↑ +627%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $755.90 ↑ +629%
HORIZON PPO $769.03 ↑ +642%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $821.36 ↑ +692%
QUALCARE HMO $821.36 ↑ +692%
QUALCARE PPO $821.36 ↑ +692%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $97.46 $97.46 – $2,083.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $103.69 $82.95 – $1,200.53
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $96.23 $88.05 – $2,083.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $97.54 $88.05 – $334.39
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $97.46 $97.46 – $2,083.00
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $97.54 $97.54 – $1,752.00
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $97.46 $97.46 – $2,083.00
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $96.23 $96.23 – $373.95

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