Interrog&prgrmg ipnss polysm 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

$353.19

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.

$864.00

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.

$147.74 with AETNA 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $147.74 ↓ -58%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $150.34 ↓ -57%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $155.52 ↓ -56%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $170.67 ↓ -52%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $174.34 ↓ -51%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $345.60 ↓ -2%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $353.19 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $353.19 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $353.19 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $353.19 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $353.19 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $353.19 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $370.85 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $384.98 ↑ +9%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $443.49 ↑ +26%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $447.55 ↑ +27%
HORIZON OMNIA $591.15 ↑ +67%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $648.00 ↑ +83%
HORIZON PIP $648.00 ↑ +83%
HORIZON SHP $709.26 ↑ +101%
HORIZON HMO $730.60 ↑ +107%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $734.40 ↑ +108%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $736.30 ↑ +108%
HORIZON PPO $749.09 ↑ +112%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $800.06 ↑ +127%
QUALCARE HMO $800.06 ↑ +127%
QUALCARE PPO $800.06 ↑ +127%
CIGNA PPO $826.24 ↑ +134%
CIGNA HMO $826.24 ↑ +134%
AETNA HMO $7,770.00 ↑ +2100%
AETNA PPO $7,770.00 ↑ +2100%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $10,259.00 ↑ +2805%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $11,413.00 ↑ +3131%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $11,920.00 ↑ +3275%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +4657%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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