Cytopathology cervical/vaginal thin layer auto screen/manual rescreen/review 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

$26.61

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.

$433.00

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.

$22.40 with AETNA vs $122.42 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 $22.40 ↓ -16%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $23.81 ↓ -11%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $26.61 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $26.61 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $26.61 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $26.61 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $26.61 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $26.61 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $26.61 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $26.61 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $26.61 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $26.61 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $27.94 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $29.00 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.39 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $54.62 ↑ +105%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $74.84 ↑ +181%
AETNA PPO $88.03 ↑ +231%
AETNA HMO $88.03 ↑ +231%
HORIZON OMNIA $89.63 ↑ +237%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $90.21 ↑ +239%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $98.25 ↑ +269%
HORIZON PIP $98.25 ↑ +269%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $104.80 ↑ +294%
HORIZON SHP $107.54 ↑ +304%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $109.69 ↑ +312%
HORIZON HMO $110.77 ↑ +316%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $111.35 ↑ +318%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $111.64 ↑ +320%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $112.24 ↑ +322%
HORIZON PPO $113.58 ↑ +327%
QUALCARE HMO $121.31 ↑ +356%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $121.31 ↑ +356%
QUALCARE PPO $121.31 ↑ +356%
CIGNA HMO $121.94 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $121.94 ↑ +358%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $122.42 ↑ +360%

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