Dch pulmonary stress test 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

$366.72

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.

$2,420.00

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.

$273.18 with KARNA vs $2,314.25 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.

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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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $273.18 ↓ -26%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $366.72 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $366.72 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $366.72 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $366.72 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $366.72 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $366.72 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $385.06 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $399.73 ↑ +9%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $413.82 ↑ +13%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $421.08 ↑ +15%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $435.60 ↑ +19%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,178.06 ↑ +221%
AETNA PPO $1,523.63 ↑ +315%
AETNA HMO $1,523.63 ↑ +315%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,599.00 ↑ +336%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,655.76 ↑ +352%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $1,666.41 ↑ +354%
HORIZON PIP $1,815.00 ↑ +395%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,815.00 ↑ +395%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,815.00 ↑ +395%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,936.00 ↑ +428%
HORIZON SHP $1,986.58 ↑ +442%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $2,026.27 ↑ +453%
HORIZON HMO $2,046.35 ↑ +458%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $2,057.00 ↑ +461%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $2,062.32 ↑ +462%
HORIZON PPO $2,098.14 ↑ +472%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $2,178.00 ↑ +494%
QUALCARE HMO $2,240.92 ↑ +511%
QUALCARE PPO $2,240.92 ↑ +511%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,240.92 ↑ +511%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $2,261.49 ↑ +517%
CIGNA HMO $2,314.25 ↑ +531%
CIGNA PPO $2,314.25 ↑ +531%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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