Dalbavancin 500 mg intravenous solution 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

$15.61

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.

$85.02

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.

$13.22 with HORIZON vs $78.73 with QUALCARE — 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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $13.22 ↓ -15%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.30 ↓ -2%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.55 ↓ -0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $15.55 ↓ -0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.55 ↓ -0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.55 ↓ -0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.33 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.95 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.34 ↑ +30%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $24.73 ↑ +58%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $27.83 ↑ +78%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $38.26 ↑ +145%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $38.26 ↑ +145%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $41.66 ↑ +167%
CIGNA PPO $42.08 ↑ +170%
CIGNA HMO $42.08 ↑ +170%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $42.51 ↑ +172%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $42.51 ↑ +172%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $46.00 ↑ +195%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $46.00 ↑ +195%
AETNA HMO $48.38 ↑ +210%
AETNA PPO $48.38 ↑ +210%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $51.01 ↑ +227%
HORIZON OMNIA $58.17 ↑ +273%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $58.54 ↑ +275%
HORIZON PIP $63.77 ↑ +309%
HORIZON SHP $69.79 ↑ +347%
HORIZON HMO $71.89 ↑ +361%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $72.27 ↑ +363%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $72.45 ↑ +364%
HORIZON PPO $73.71 ↑ +372%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $76.52 ↑ +390%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $78.73 ↑ +404%
QUALCARE PPO $78.73 ↑ +404%
QUALCARE HMO $78.73 ↑ +404%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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