Cytopath smear other source at Palisades Medical Center
7600 River Rd., North Bergen, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1730692344
$28.84
Cash price 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.
$127.00
Gross charge 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.
$11.48 with HORIZON vs $153.81 with KARNA — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $11.48 | ↓ -60% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $21.72 | ↓ -25% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $22.10 | ↓ -23% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $28.84 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $28.84 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $28.84 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $28.84 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $28.84 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $28.84 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $30.28 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $31.44 | ↑ +9% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $50.64 | ↑ +76% |
| AETNA | PPO | $85.34 | ↑ +196% |
| AETNA | HMO | $85.34 | ↑ +196% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $86.89 | ↑ +201% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $87.45 | ↑ +203% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $95.25 | ↑ +230% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $95.25 | ↑ +230% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $101.60 | ↑ +252% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $101.60 | ↑ +252% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $104.07 | ↑ +261% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $104.25 | ↑ +261% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $106.34 | ↑ +269% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $107.39 | ↑ +272% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $107.95 | ↑ +274% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $108.23 | ↑ +275% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $110.11 | ↑ +282% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $117.60 | ↑ +308% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $117.60 | ↑ +308% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $117.60 | ↑ +308% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $118.68 | ↑ +312% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $121.45 | ↑ +321% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $121.45 | ↑ +321% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $153.81 | ↑ +433% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $27.11 | $27.11 – $50.64 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $28.84 | $10.41 – $153.81 |
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| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $27.13 | $8.46 – $153.81 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $27.11 | $27.11 – $146.37 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $27.13 | $27.13 – $153.81 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $27.11 | $8.05 – $146.37 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $26.76 | $26.76 – $146.37 |