Cytopath tbs c/v manual 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

$18.19

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.

$90.00

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.

$15.39 with AETNA vs $84.11 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $15.39 ↓ -15%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.19 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.19 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $18.19 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $18.19 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.19 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.19 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $18.19 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $18.19 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.19 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $18.19 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.10 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.83 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $23.62 ↑ +30%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $29.52 ↑ +62%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $30.84 ↑ +70%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $31.10 ↑ +71%
AETNA HMO $60.48 ↑ +232%
AETNA PPO $60.48 ↑ +232%
HORIZON OMNIA $61.58 ↑ +239%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $61.97 ↑ +241%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $63.91 ↑ +251%
HORIZON PIP $67.50 ↑ +271%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $67.50 ↑ +271%
CIGNA HMO $69.42 ↑ +282%
CIGNA PPO $69.42 ↑ +282%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $72.00 ↑ +296%
HORIZON SHP $73.88 ↑ +306%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $75.36 ↑ +314%
HORIZON HMO $76.10 ↑ +318%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $76.50 ↑ +321%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $76.70 ↑ +322%
HORIZON PPO $78.03 ↑ +329%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $83.34 ↑ +358%
QUALCARE PPO $83.34 ↑ +358%
QUALCARE HMO $83.34 ↑ +358%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $84.11 ↑ +362%

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Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $18.19 $18.19 – $69.42
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