Cytopathology concentration technique smears & interpretation at Palisades Medical Center
7600 River Rd., North Bergen, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1730692344
$46.22
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.
$380.00
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.
$19.68 with HORIZON vs $363.39 with CIGNA — 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 | $19.68 | ↓ -57% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $46.22 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $46.22 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $46.22 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $46.22 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $46.22 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $46.22 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $48.53 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $50.38 | ↑ +9% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $64.98 | ↑ +41% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $66.12 | ↑ +43% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $69.46 | ↑ +50% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $132.56 | ↑ +187% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $142.74 | ↑ +209% |
| AETNA | PPO | $255.36 | ↑ +452% |
| AETNA | HMO | $255.36 | ↑ +452% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $260.00 | ↑ +463% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $261.67 | ↑ +466% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $285.00 | ↑ +517% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $285.00 | ↑ +517% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $304.00 | ↑ +558% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $304.00 | ↑ +558% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $311.94 | ↑ +575% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $318.17 | ↑ +588% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $321.33 | ↑ +595% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $323.00 | ↑ +599% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $323.84 | ↑ +601% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $329.46 | ↑ +613% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $351.88 | ↑ +661% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $351.88 | ↑ +661% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $351.88 | ↑ +661% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $355.11 | ↑ +668% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $363.39 | ↑ +686% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $363.39 | ↑ +686% |
| 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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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $43.44 | $43.44 – $69.46 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $46.22 | $17.84 – $132.56 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $42.90 | $13.20 – $126.14 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $43.48 | $13.20 – $132.56 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $43.44 | $43.44 – $126.14 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $43.48 | $43.48 – $132.56 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $43.44 | $13.80 – $126.14 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $42.90 | $42.90 – $126.14 |