Echo transthoracic at Palisades Medical Center
7600 River Rd., North Bergen, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1730692344
$645.71
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.
$2,027.00
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.
$278.58 with KARNA vs $3,541.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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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| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $278.58 | ↓ -57% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $283.68 | ↓ -56% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $346.62 | ↓ -46% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $352.70 | ↓ -45% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $364.86 | ↓ -43% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $645.71 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $645.71 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $645.71 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $645.71 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $645.71 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $645.71 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $678.00 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $703.82 | ↑ +9% |
| AETNA | PPO | $1,276.20 | ↑ +98% |
| AETNA | HMO | $1,276.20 | ↑ +98% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $1,386.87 | ↑ +115% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $1,395.79 | ↑ +116% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $1,520.25 | ↑ +135% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,520.25 | ↑ +135% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,621.60 | ↑ +151% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $1,663.96 | ↑ +158% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $1,697.21 | ↑ +163% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $1,714.03 | ↑ +165% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,722.95 | ↑ +167% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $1,727.41 | ↑ +168% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $1,757.41 | ↑ +172% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,824.30 | ↑ +183% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $1,877.00 | ↑ +191% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $1,877.00 | ↑ +191% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $1,877.00 | ↑ +191% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $1,894.23 | ↑ +193% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $1,938.42 | ↑ +200% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $1,938.42 | ↑ +200% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,630.00 | ↑ +307% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $3,541.00 | ↑ +448% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Echo transthoracic at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $606.89 | $606.89 – $2,305.00 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $645.71 | $278.58 – $5,399.00 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $599.23 | $264.61 – $2,718.00 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $607.42 | $278.58 – $1,839.00 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $606.89 | $264.61 – $2,376.00 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $607.42 | $278.58 – $2,209.00 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $606.89 | $264.61 – $2,291.00 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $599.23 | $264.61 – $2,336.00 |