Mayo repu protein electrophoresis urine 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

$17.83

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.

$268.00

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.

$6.16 with AETNA vs $81.70 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 $6.16 ↓ -65%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.83 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $17.83 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $17.83 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $17.83 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.83 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.83 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $17.83 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.83 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.83 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $17.83 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.72 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.43 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $23.71 ↑ +33%
AETNA HMO $24.19 ↑ +36%
AETNA PPO $24.19 ↑ +36%
HORIZON OMNIA $24.63 ↑ +38%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $24.79 ↑ +39%
HORIZON PIP $27.00 ↑ +51%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $27.00 ↑ +51%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $28.80 ↑ +62%
HORIZON SHP $29.55 ↑ +66%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $30.14 ↑ +69%
HORIZON HMO $30.44 ↑ +71%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $30.60 ↑ +72%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $30.68 ↑ +72%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $31.16 ↑ +75%
HORIZON PPO $31.21 ↑ +75%
QUALCARE PPO $33.34 ↑ +87%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $33.34 ↑ +87%
QUALCARE HMO $33.34 ↑ +87%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $33.64 ↑ +89%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $36.60 ↑ +105%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $52.08 ↑ +192%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $75.21 ↑ +322%
CIGNA HMO $81.70 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $81.70 ↑ +358%

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