Inj meropenem (wg crit care) at Palisades Medical Center
7600 River Rd., North Bergen, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1730692344
$1.62
Cash price 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.
$10.63
Gross charge 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.
$1.38 with HORIZON vs $9.84 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1.38 | ↓ -15% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1.62 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1.62 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1.62 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1.62 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1.70 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1.77 | ↑ +9% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1.91 | ↑ +18% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $3.09 | ↑ +91% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $3.48 | ↑ +115% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $4.78 | ↑ +195% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $4.78 | ↑ +195% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $5.21 | ↑ +222% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $5.26 | ↑ +225% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $5.26 | ↑ +225% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $5.32 | ↑ +228% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $5.32 | ↑ +228% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $5.75 | ↑ +255% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $5.75 | ↑ +255% |
| AETNA | HMO | $6.05 | ↑ +273% |
| AETNA | PPO | $6.05 | ↑ +273% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $6.38 | ↑ +294% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $7.27 | ↑ +349% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $7.32 | ↑ +352% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $7.97 | ↑ +392% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $8.73 | ↑ +439% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $8.99 | ↑ +455% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $9.04 | ↑ +458% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $9.06 | ↑ +459% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $9.22 | ↑ +469% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $9.57 | ↑ +491% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $9.84 | ↑ +507% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $9.84 | ↑ +507% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $9.84 | ↑ +507% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
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Inj meropenem (wg crit care) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $1.62 | $1.38 – $1.70 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $1.62 | $1.38 – $1.94 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $1.62 | $1.38 – $1.94 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $1.62 | $1.38 – $1.94 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $1.62 | $1.38 – $1.94 |