Emg thor paraspinal without t1/t2 at Palisades Medical Center
7600 River Rd., North Bergen, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1730692344
$366.72
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.
$413.00
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.
$70.62 with AETNA vs $2,465.00 with AMERIHEALTH — 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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| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $70.62 | ↓ -81% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $71.51 | ↓ -81% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $71.86 | ↓ -80% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $74.34 | ↓ -80% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $170.88 | ↓ -53% |
| AETNA | HMO | $260.02 | ↓ -29% |
| AETNA | PPO | $260.02 | ↓ -29% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $282.57 | ↓ -23% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $284.39 | ↓ -22% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $309.75 | ↓ -16% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $309.75 | ↓ -16% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $330.40 | ↓ -10% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $339.03 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $349.23 | ↓ -5% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $351.05 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $351.96 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $358.07 | ↓ -2% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $366.72 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $366.72 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $366.72 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $366.72 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $366.72 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $366.72 | ↑ +0% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $371.70 | ↑ +1% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $382.44 | ↑ +4% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $382.44 | ↑ +4% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $382.44 | ↑ +4% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $385.06 | ↑ +5% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $394.95 | ↑ +8% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $394.95 | ↑ +8% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $399.73 | ↑ +9% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $935.00 | ↑ +155% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $1,301.00 | ↑ +255% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $2,217.00 | ↑ +505% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $2,465.00 | ↑ +572% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $344.68 | $344.68 – $978.00 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $366.72 | $170.88 – $4,692.00 |
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| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $344.98 | $104.00 – $4,008.00 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $344.68 | $162.13 – $1,032.00 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $344.98 | $90.75 – $1,225.00 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $344.68 | $162.13 – $992.00 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $340.32 | $162.13 – $1,041.00 |