Ghs urine, porphyrins quant 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

$14.71

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.

$68.00

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.

$6.33 with AETNA vs $67.41 with CIGNA — 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 $6.33 ↓ -57%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $12.30 ↓ -16%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $14.71 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $14.71 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $14.71 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $14.71 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.71 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.71 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $14.71 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.71 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.71 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.71 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.45 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.03 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.56 ↑ +33%
AETNA PPO $24.86 ↑ +69%
AETNA HMO $24.86 ↑ +69%
HORIZON OMNIA $25.32 ↑ +72%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $25.48 ↑ +73%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $27.75 ↑ +89%
HORIZON PIP $27.75 ↑ +89%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $29.60 ↑ +101%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $30.19 ↑ +105%
HORIZON SHP $30.37 ↑ +106%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $30.98 ↑ +111%
HORIZON HMO $31.29 ↑ +113%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $31.45 ↑ +114%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $31.53 ↑ +114%
HORIZON PPO $32.08 ↑ +118%
QUALCARE HMO $34.26 ↑ +133%
QUALCARE PPO $34.26 ↑ +133%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $34.26 ↑ +133%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $34.58 ↑ +135%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $42.94 ↑ +192%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $62.04 ↑ +322%
CIGNA HMO $67.41 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $67.41 ↑ +358%

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