Lymph vessel x-ray trunk at Palisades Medical Center
7600 River Rd., North Bergen, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1730692344
$3,706.68
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.
$7,150.00
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.
$187.93 with HORIZON vs $7,747.94 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.
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 | $187.93 | ↓ -95% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $955.21 | ↓ -74% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,222.65 | ↓ -67% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,244.10 | ↓ -66% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,287.00 | ↓ -65% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,706.68 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,706.68 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,706.68 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $3,706.68 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,706.68 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,706.68 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,892.02 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $4,040.29 | ↑ +9% |
| AETNA | PPO | $4,501.64 | ↑ +21% |
| AETNA | HMO | $4,501.64 | ↑ +21% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $4,892.03 | ↑ +32% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $4,923.49 | ↑ +33% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $5,362.50 | ↑ +45% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $5,362.50 | ↑ +45% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $5,362.50 | ↑ +45% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $5,720.00 | ↑ +54% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $5,869.44 | ↑ +58% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $5,986.70 | ↑ +62% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $6,046.04 | ↑ +63% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $6,077.50 | ↑ +64% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $6,093.23 | ↑ +64% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $6,199.05 | ↑ +67% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $6,620.90 | ↑ +79% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $6,620.90 | ↑ +79% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $6,620.90 | ↑ +79% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $6,681.68 | ↑ +80% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $6,837.55 | ↑ +84% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $6,837.55 | ↑ +84% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $7,747.94 | ↑ +109% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $7,747.94 | ↑ +109% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Lymph vessel x-ray trunk at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $1,547.02 | $96.59 – $6,879.68 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $1,709.39 | $187.93 – $6,845.28 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $1,712.68 | $125.00 – $7,376.29 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $3,483.84 | $457.48 – $7,747.94 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $3,706.68 | $170.36 – $8,849.68 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $3,439.84 | $457.48 – $3,439.84 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $3,486.86 | $955.21 – $8,205.81 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $3,483.84 | $457.48 – $3,797.39 |