Drug test def 8-14 classes 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

$156.59

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.

$244.00

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.

$41.72 with AETNA vs $717.55 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $41.72 ↓ -73%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $156.59 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $156.59 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $156.59 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $156.59 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $156.59 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $156.59 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $156.59 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $156.59 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $156.59 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $156.59 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $161.36 ↑ +3%
AETNA HMO $163.97 ↑ +5%
AETNA PPO $163.97 ↑ +5%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $164.42 ↑ +5%
HORIZON OMNIA $166.94 ↑ +7%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $168.02 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $170.68 ↑ +9%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $183.00 ↑ +17%
HORIZON PIP $183.00 ↑ +17%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $195.20 ↑ +25%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $195.20 ↑ +25%
HORIZON SHP $200.30 ↑ +28%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $204.30 ↑ +30%
HORIZON HMO $206.33 ↑ +32%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $207.40 ↑ +32%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $207.94 ↑ +33%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $208.26 ↑ +33%
HORIZON PPO $211.55 ↑ +35%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $225.94 ↑ +44%
QUALCARE HMO $225.94 ↑ +44%
QUALCARE PPO $225.94 ↑ +44%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $228.02 ↑ +46%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $321.40 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $660.48 ↑ +322%
CIGNA PPO $717.55 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $717.55 ↑ +358%

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Drug test def 8-14 classes at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $156.59 $137.80 – $736.95
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $156.59 $125.27 – $717.55
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $156.59 $156.59 – $717.55
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $156.59 $113.15 – $717.55
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