Folic acid 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

$14.70

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.

$196.00

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.

$14.70 with HORIZON vs $183.16 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.

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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
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.70 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.70 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.70 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $14.70 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $14.70 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $14.70 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.70 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.70 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $14.70 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $14.70 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.44 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.02 ↑ +9%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $17.22 ↑ +17%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.55 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $30.17 ↑ +105%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $33.52 ↑ +128%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $42.94 ↑ +192%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $62.00 ↑ +322%
CIGNA PPO $67.36 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $67.36 ↑ +358%
AETNA HMO $131.71 ↑ +796%
AETNA PPO $131.71 ↑ +796%
HORIZON OMNIA $134.10 ↑ +812%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $134.97 ↑ +818%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $147.00 ↑ +900%
HORIZON PIP $147.00 ↑ +900%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $156.80 ↑ +967%
HORIZON SHP $160.90 ↑ +995%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $164.11 ↑ +1016%
HORIZON HMO $165.74 ↑ +1027%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $166.60 ↑ +1033%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $167.03 ↑ +1036%
HORIZON PPO $169.93 ↑ +1056%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $181.50 ↑ +1135%
QUALCARE PPO $181.50 ↑ +1135%
QUALCARE HMO $181.50 ↑ +1135%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $183.16 ↑ +1146%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Carrier Clinic Belle Mead $78.40 $28.42 – $28.42
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $14.70 $14.70 – $67.36
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Ocean University Medical Center Brick $14.70 $11.55 – $67.36
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Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $14.70 $14.70 – $67.36
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $14.70 $12.08 – $67.36

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