Heparin assay 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

$13.09

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.

$358.00

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.

$13.09 with HORIZON vs $73.83 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 $13.09 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.09 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.09 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $13.09 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $13.09 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $13.09 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.09 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.09 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $13.09 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $13.09 ↑ +0%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $13.51 ↑ +3%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.74 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.27 ↑ +9%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $14.83 ↑ +13%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.41 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $26.87 ↑ +105%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $38.22 ↑ +192%
AETNA HMO $53.09 ↑ +306%
AETNA PPO $53.09 ↑ +306%
HORIZON OMNIA $54.05 ↑ +313%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $54.40 ↑ +316%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $55.22 ↑ +322%
HORIZON PIP $59.25 ↑ +353%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $59.25 ↑ +353%
CIGNA PPO $59.98 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $59.98 ↑ +358%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $63.20 ↑ +383%
HORIZON SHP $64.85 ↑ +395%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $66.15 ↑ +405%
HORIZON HMO $66.80 ↑ +410%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $67.15 ↑ +413%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $67.32 ↑ +414%
HORIZON PPO $68.49 ↑ +423%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $73.15 ↑ +459%
QUALCARE PPO $73.15 ↑ +459%
QUALCARE HMO $73.15 ↑ +459%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $73.83 ↑ +464%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $13.09 $13.09 – $59.98
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $13.09 $10.47 – $58.78
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $13.09 $8.77 – $59.98
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $13.09 $8.77 – $61.60
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $13.09 $10.47 – $59.98
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $13.09 $13.09 – $59.98
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $13.09 $10.40 – $59.98
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $13.09 $13.09 – $59.98

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