Heinz bodies direct 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

$4.20

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.

$112.00

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.

$4.20 with HORIZON vs $104.66 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 $4.20 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.20 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $4.20 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.20 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $4.20 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $4.20 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.20 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.20 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $4.20 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $4.20 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.41 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.58 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.59 ↑ +33%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $8.20 ↑ +95%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8.62 ↑ +105%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $12.28 ↑ +192%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $17.71 ↑ +322%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $19.15 ↑ +356%
CIGNA PPO $19.25 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $19.25 ↑ +358%
AETNA PPO $75.26 ↑ +1692%
AETNA HMO $75.26 ↑ +1692%
HORIZON OMNIA $76.63 ↑ +1725%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $77.12 ↑ +1736%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $84.00 ↑ +1900%
HORIZON PIP $84.00 ↑ +1900%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $89.60 ↑ +2033%
HORIZON SHP $91.94 ↑ +2089%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $93.78 ↑ +2133%
HORIZON HMO $94.71 ↑ +2155%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $95.20 ↑ +2167%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $95.45 ↑ +2173%
HORIZON PPO $97.10 ↑ +2212%
QUALCARE HMO $103.71 ↑ +2369%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $103.71 ↑ +2369%
QUALCARE PPO $103.71 ↑ +2369%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $104.66 ↑ +2392%

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