Herpes simplex virus isolation 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

$33.86

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.

$94.00

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.

$5.81 with AETNA vs $155.16 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 $5.81 ↓ -83%
AETNA PPO $22.85 ↓ -33%
AETNA HMO $22.85 ↓ -33%
HORIZON OMNIA $23.26 ↓ -31%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $23.41 ↓ -31%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $25.50 ↓ -25%
HORIZON PIP $25.50 ↓ -25%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $27.20 ↓ -20%
HORIZON SHP $27.91 ↓ -18%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $28.47 ↓ -16%
HORIZON HMO $28.75 ↓ -15%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $28.90 ↓ -15%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $28.97 ↓ -14%
HORIZON PPO $29.48 ↓ -13%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $31.03 ↓ -8%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $31.48 ↓ -7%
QUALCARE PPO $31.48 ↓ -7%
QUALCARE HMO $31.48 ↓ -7%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $31.77 ↓ -6%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $33.86 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $33.86 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $33.86 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $33.86 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $33.86 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $33.86 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $33.86 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $33.86 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $33.86 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $33.86 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $35.55 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $36.91 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $45.03 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $69.50 ↑ +105%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $98.88 ↑ +192%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $142.82 ↑ +322%
CIGNA PPO $155.16 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $155.16 ↑ +358%

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