Frozen blood prep at Palisades Medical Center
7600 River Rd., North Bergen, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1730692344
$201.80
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.
$1,101.00
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.
$57.83 with HORIZON vs $1,228.50 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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| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $57.83 | ↓ -71% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $188.27 | ↓ -7% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $191.57 | ↓ -5% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $201.80 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $201.80 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $201.80 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $201.80 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $201.80 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $201.80 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $211.89 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $219.97 | ↑ +9% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $296.00 | ↑ +47% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $597.81 | ↑ +196% |
| AETNA | PPO | $739.87 | ↑ +267% |
| AETNA | HMO | $739.87 | ↑ +267% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $753.30 | ↑ +273% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $758.15 | ↑ +276% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $825.75 | ↑ +309% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $825.75 | ↑ +309% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $880.80 | ↑ +336% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $880.80 | ↑ +336% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $903.81 | ↑ +348% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $921.87 | ↑ +357% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $931.01 | ↑ +361% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $935.85 | ↑ +364% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $938.27 | ↑ +365% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $954.57 | ↑ +373% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $1,019.53 | ↑ +405% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $1,019.53 | ↑ +405% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $1,019.53 | ↑ +405% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $1,028.88 | ↑ +410% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $1,052.89 | ↑ +422% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $1,052.89 | ↑ +422% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $1,228.50 | ↑ +509% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Frozen blood prep at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $189.67 | $136.93 – $597.81 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $201.80 | $52.42 – $296.00 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $187.28 | $136.93 – $289.88 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $189.84 | $171.36 – $634.95 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $189.67 | $136.93 – $289.88 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $189.84 | $136.93 – $597.81 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $189.67 | $40.55 – $597.81 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $187.28 | $136.93 – $289.88 |