Metabolic Blood Panel (Basic) 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

$8.46

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.

$187.00

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.

$8.46 with HORIZON vs $174.75 with AMERIHEALTH — 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
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.46 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.46 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $8.46 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.46 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $8.46 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $8.46 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.46 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.46 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $8.46 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $8.46 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.88 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.22 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.25 ↑ +33%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $15.25 ↑ +80%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $17.36 ↑ +105%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $24.72 ↑ +192%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $31.98 ↑ +278%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $35.67 ↑ +322%
CIGNA PPO $38.77 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $38.77 ↑ +358%
AETNA PPO $125.66 ↑ +1385%
AETNA HMO $125.66 ↑ +1385%
HORIZON OMNIA $127.95 ↑ +1412%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $128.77 ↑ +1422%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $140.25 ↑ +1558%
HORIZON PIP $140.25 ↑ +1558%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $149.60 ↑ +1668%
HORIZON SHP $153.51 ↑ +1715%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $156.58 ↑ +1751%
HORIZON HMO $158.13 ↑ +1769%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $158.95 ↑ +1779%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $159.36 ↑ +1784%
HORIZON PPO $162.13 ↑ +1816%
QUALCARE HMO $173.16 ↑ +1947%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $173.16 ↑ +1947%
QUALCARE PPO $173.16 ↑ +1947%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $174.75 ↑ +1966%

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Metabolic Blood Panel (Basic) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Carrier Clinic Belle Mead $74.80 $27.12 – $27.12
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $9.31 $3.98 – $35.61
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $9.31 $3.98 – $34.72
Community Medical Center Toms River $9.31 $3.98 – $34.72
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $9.31 $3.98 – $34.72
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $27.00 $6.77 – $6.97
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $9.31 $3.98 – $34.72
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $9.31 $3.98 – $34.72

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