Evaluation psychiatric diagnostic 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

$189.21

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.

$790.00

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.

$135.09 with AETNA vs $1,353.00 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.

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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 $135.09 ↓ -29%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $137.46 ↓ -27%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $142.20 ↓ -25%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $189.21 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $189.21 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $189.21 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $189.21 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $189.21 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $189.21 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $198.68 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $206.24 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $246.94 ↑ +31%
AETNA PPO $497.38 ↑ +163%
AETNA HMO $497.38 ↑ +163%
HORIZON OMNIA $540.52 ↑ +186%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $543.99 ↑ +188%
HORIZON PIP $592.50 ↑ +213%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $592.50 ↑ +213%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $632.00 ↑ +234%
HORIZON SHP $648.51 ↑ +243%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $661.47 ↑ +250%
HORIZON HMO $668.02 ↑ +253%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $671.50 ↑ +255%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $673.24 ↑ +256%
HORIZON PPO $684.93 ↑ +262%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $711.00 ↑ +276%
QUALCARE PPO $731.54 ↑ +287%
QUALCARE HMO $731.54 ↑ +287%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $731.54 ↑ +287%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $738.26 ↑ +290%
CIGNA HMO $755.48 ↑ +299%
CIGNA PPO $755.48 ↑ +299%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $997.00 ↑ +427%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,353.00 ↑ +615%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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