Mayo efpo chloride stool 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

$5.00

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.

$76.00

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.

$2.22 with AETNA vs $22.91 with CIGNA — 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 $2.22 ↓ -56%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.00 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $5.00 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $5.00 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $5.00 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $5.00 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.00 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.00 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $5.00 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.00 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.00 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.25 ↑ +5%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $5.41 ↑ +8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.45 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.65 ↑ +33%
AETNA HMO $8.74 ↑ +75%
AETNA PPO $8.74 ↑ +75%
HORIZON OMNIA $8.89 ↑ +78%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $8.95 ↑ +79%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $9.75 ↑ +95%
HORIZON PIP $9.75 ↑ +95%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $10.26 ↑ +105%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $10.40 ↑ +108%
HORIZON SHP $10.67 ↑ +113%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $10.88 ↑ +118%
HORIZON HMO $10.99 ↑ +120%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $11.05 ↑ +121%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $11.08 ↑ +122%
HORIZON PPO $11.27 ↑ +125%
QUALCARE HMO $12.04 ↑ +141%
QUALCARE PPO $12.04 ↑ +141%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $12.04 ↑ +141%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $12.15 ↑ +143%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $14.28 ↑ +186%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $21.08 ↑ +322%
CIGNA HMO $22.91 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $22.91 ↑ +358%

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