Homocysteine 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

$17.92

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.

$240.00

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.

$15.68 with HORIZON vs $224.28 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 MANAGED MEDICAID $15.68 ↓ -13%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.92 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.92 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $17.92 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $17.92 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $17.92 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.92 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.92 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $17.92 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $17.92 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.92 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.82 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.53 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $23.83 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $36.78 ↑ +105%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $41.04 ↑ +129%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $49.26 ↑ +175%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $75.58 ↑ +322%
CIGNA PPO $82.12 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $82.12 ↑ +358%
AETNA HMO $161.28 ↑ +800%
AETNA PPO $161.28 ↑ +800%
HORIZON OMNIA $164.21 ↑ +816%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $165.26 ↑ +822%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $180.00 ↑ +904%
HORIZON PIP $180.00 ↑ +904%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $192.00 ↑ +971%
HORIZON SHP $197.02 ↑ +999%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $200.95 ↑ +1021%
HORIZON HMO $202.94 ↑ +1032%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $204.00 ↑ +1038%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $204.53 ↑ +1041%
HORIZON PPO $208.08 ↑ +1061%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $222.24 ↑ +1140%
QUALCARE PPO $222.24 ↑ +1140%
QUALCARE HMO $222.24 ↑ +1140%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $224.28 ↑ +1152%

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