CT thorax low dose for lung screening without contrast 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

$125.23

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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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$2,035.00

Gross charge

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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.

$125.23 with HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN vs $1,884.41 with QUALCARE — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $125.23 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.23 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.23 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $125.23 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $125.23 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.23 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $130.64 ↑ +4%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $131.49 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $136.50 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $196.79 ↑ +57%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $196.79 ↑ +57%
AETNA HMO $260.81 ↑ +108%
AETNA PPO $260.81 ↑ +108%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $270.83 ↑ +116%
CIGNA HMO $345.56 ↑ +176%
CIGNA PPO $345.56 ↑ +176%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $347.99 ↑ +178%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $354.09 ↑ +183%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $366.30 ↑ +193%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $514.27 ↑ +311%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $514.74 ↑ +311%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $650.00 ↑ +419%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,392.35 ↑ +1012%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $1,401.30 ↑ +1019%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,404.15 ↑ +1021%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,526.25 ↑ +1119%
HORIZON PIP $1,526.25 ↑ +1119%
HORIZON SHP $1,670.53 ↑ +1234%
HORIZON HMO $1,720.80 ↑ +1274%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,729.75 ↑ +1281%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,734.23 ↑ +1285%
HORIZON PPO $1,764.35 ↑ +1309%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,884.41 ↑ +1405%
QUALCARE HMO $1,884.41 ↑ +1405%
QUALCARE PPO $1,884.41 ↑ +1405%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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CT thorax low dose for lung screening without contrast at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $117.70 $117.70 – $2,083.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $125.23 $100.19 – $515.56
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $116.22 $106.34 – $2,083.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $117.81 $106.34 – $459.87
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $117.70 $117.70 – $2,083.00
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $117.81 $117.81 – $1,752.00
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $117.70 $117.70 – $2,083.00
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $116.22 $116.22 – $514.27

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