Injection sacroiliac joint anesthesia/steroid without or w/arthrography (both sides) 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

$815.55

Cash price

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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.

$2,750.00

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.

$414.64 with KARNA vs $16,802.00 with HORIZON — 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $414.64 ↓ -49%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $470.25 ↓ -42%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $478.50 ↓ -41%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $495.00 ↓ -39%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $815.55 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $815.55 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $815.55 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $815.55 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $815.55 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $815.55 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $856.33 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $888.95 ↑ +9%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,100.00 ↑ +35%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,195.00 ↑ +47%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,881.55 ↑ +131%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $2,062.50 ↑ +153%
HORIZON PIP $2,062.50 ↑ +153%
CIGNA HMO $2,127.00 ↑ +161%
HORIZON SHP $2,257.48 ↑ +177%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $2,302.58 ↑ +182%
HORIZON HMO $2,325.40 ↑ +185%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $2,337.50 ↑ +187%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $2,343.55 ↑ +187%
CIGNA PPO $2,383.00 ↑ +192%
HORIZON PPO $2,384.25 ↑ +192%
QUALCARE HMO $2,546.50 ↑ +212%
QUALCARE PPO $2,546.50 ↑ +212%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,546.50 ↑ +212%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $2,569.88 ↑ +215%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $4,047.00 ↑ +396%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $4,954.00 ↑ +507%
AETNA HMO $7,770.00 ↑ +853%
AETNA PPO $7,770.00 ↑ +853%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +1118%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +1960%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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