Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/inf a & b 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

$142.63

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.

$495.00

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.

$84.65 with AETNA vs $601.93 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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 $84.65 ↓ -41%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $142.63 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $142.63 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $142.63 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $142.63 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $142.63 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $142.63 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $142.63 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $142.63 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $142.63 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $142.63 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $149.76 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $155.47 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $189.70 ↑ +33%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $233.91 ↑ +64%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $292.91 ↑ +105%
AETNA HMO $332.64 ↑ +133%
AETNA PPO $332.64 ↑ +133%
HORIZON OMNIA $338.68 ↑ +137%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $340.86 ↑ +139%
HORIZON PIP $371.25 ↑ +160%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $371.25 ↑ +160%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $396.00 ↑ +178%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $396.00 ↑ +178%
HORIZON SHP $406.35 ↑ +185%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $414.46 ↑ +191%
HORIZON HMO $418.57 ↑ +193%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $420.75 ↑ +195%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $421.84 ↑ +196%
HORIZON PPO $429.17 ↑ +201%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $458.37 ↑ +221%
QUALCARE PPO $458.37 ↑ +221%
QUALCARE HMO $458.37 ↑ +221%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $462.58 ↑ +224%
CIGNA PPO $473.37 ↑ +232%
CIGNA HMO $473.37 ↑ +232%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $601.93 ↑ +322%

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Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $142.63 $142.63 – $292.91
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