Inj cefazolin (wg crit care) 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

$1.04

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.

$2.47

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.

$0.44 with CLOVER vs $2.29 with QUALCARE — 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $0.44 ↓ -58%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $0.72 ↓ -31%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $0.81 ↓ -22%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $0.85 ↓ -18%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1.00 ↓ -4%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1.00 ↓ -4%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1.00 ↓ -4%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1.00 ↓ -4%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1.05 ↑ +1%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1.09 ↑ +5%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1.11 ↑ +7%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1.11 ↑ +7%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1.21 ↑ +16%
CIGNA HMO $1.22 ↑ +17%
CIGNA PPO $1.22 ↑ +17%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $1.24 ↑ +19%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1.24 ↑ +19%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1.34 ↑ +29%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1.34 ↑ +29%
AETNA PPO $1.41 ↑ +36%
AETNA HMO $1.41 ↑ +36%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1.44 ↑ +38%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1.48 ↑ +42%
HORIZON OMNIA $1.69 ↑ +63%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $1.70 ↑ +63%
HORIZON PIP $1.85 ↑ +78%
HORIZON SHP $2.03 ↑ +95%
HORIZON HMO $2.09 ↑ +101%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $2.10 ↑ +102%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $2.10 ↑ +102%
HORIZON PPO $2.14 ↑ +106%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $2.22 ↑ +113%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2.29 ↑ +120%
QUALCARE PPO $2.29 ↑ +120%
QUALCARE HMO $2.29 ↑ +120%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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