Hemolysins and agglutinins incubated 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

$12.11

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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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$428.00

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.

$12.11 with HORIZON vs $149.52 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 $12.11 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.11 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.11 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $12.11 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $12.11 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $12.11 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.11 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.11 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $12.11 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $12.11 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.72 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.20 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.11 ↑ +33%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $22.55 ↑ +86%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $24.86 ↑ +105%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $27.36 ↑ +126%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $35.36 ↑ +192%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $51.09 ↑ +322%
CIGNA PPO $55.49 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $55.49 ↑ +358%
AETNA HMO $107.52 ↑ +788%
AETNA PPO $107.52 ↑ +788%
HORIZON OMNIA $109.47 ↑ +804%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $110.18 ↑ +810%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $120.00 ↑ +891%
HORIZON PIP $120.00 ↑ +891%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $128.00 ↑ +957%
HORIZON SHP $131.34 ↑ +985%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $133.97 ↑ +1006%
HORIZON HMO $135.30 ↑ +1017%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $136.00 ↑ +1023%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $136.35 ↑ +1026%
HORIZON PPO $138.72 ↑ +1045%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $148.16 ↑ +1123%
QUALCARE PPO $148.16 ↑ +1123%
QUALCARE HMO $148.16 ↑ +1123%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $149.52 ↑ +1135%

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Hemolysins and agglutinins incubated at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $12.11 $12.11 – $55.49
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $12.11 $9.69 – $54.38
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $12.11 $12.11 – $55.49
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $12.11 $12.11 – $56.99
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $12.11 $9.69 – $55.49
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $12.11 $12.11 – $55.49
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $12.11 $12.11 – $55.49
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $12.11 $12.11 – $55.49

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