Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step helicobacter pylori stool 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

$14.38

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.

$141.00

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.

$13.37 with HORIZON vs $131.76 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 $13.37 ↓ -7%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.38 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.38 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $14.38 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $14.38 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $14.38 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.38 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.38 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $14.38 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $14.38 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.38 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.10 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.67 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.13 ↑ +33%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $24.11 ↑ +68%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $29.51 ↑ +105%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $42.00 ↑ +192%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $60.64 ↑ +322%
CIGNA PPO $65.89 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $65.89 ↑ +358%
AETNA HMO $94.75 ↑ +559%
AETNA PPO $94.75 ↑ +559%
HORIZON OMNIA $96.47 ↑ +571%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $97.09 ↑ +575%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $105.75 ↑ +635%
HORIZON PIP $105.75 ↑ +635%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $112.80 ↑ +684%
HORIZON SHP $115.75 ↑ +705%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $118.06 ↑ +721%
HORIZON HMO $119.23 ↑ +729%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $119.85 ↑ +733%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $120.16 ↑ +736%
HORIZON PPO $122.25 ↑ +750%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $130.57 ↑ +808%
QUALCARE PPO $130.57 ↑ +808%
QUALCARE HMO $130.57 ↑ +808%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $131.76 ↑ +816%

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