MRI chest w IV cont at Palisades Medical Center
7600 River Rd., North Bergen, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1730692344
$930.42
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.
$3,914.00
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.
$488.72 with HORIZON vs $4,332.00 with BERGEN RISK — 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 | $488.72 | ↓ -47% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $669.29 | ↓ -28% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $681.04 | ↓ -27% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $704.52 | ↓ -24% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $746.33 | ↓ -20% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $800.00 | ↓ -14% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $930.42 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $930.42 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $930.42 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $930.42 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $930.42 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $930.42 | ↑ +0% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $963.54 | ↑ +4% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $963.54 | ↑ +4% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $976.94 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | HMO | $996.94 | ↑ +7% |
| AETNA | PPO | $996.94 | ↑ +7% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,014.16 | ↑ +9% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $1,094.00 | ↑ +18% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $1,094.99 | ↑ +18% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,739.68 | ↑ +87% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $1,739.68 | ↑ +87% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $2,677.96 | ↑ +188% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $2,695.18 | ↑ +190% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,700.66 | ↑ +190% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $2,935.50 | ↑ +216% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $3,213.00 | ↑ +245% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $3,309.68 | ↑ +256% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,326.90 | ↑ +258% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $3,335.51 | ↑ +258% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $3,393.44 | ↑ +265% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $3,624.36 | ↑ +290% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $3,624.36 | ↑ +290% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $3,624.36 | ↑ +290% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,332.00 | ↑ +366% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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MRI chest w IV cont at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $714.76 | $200.48 – $1,726.88 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $789.77 | $326.00 – $2,072.00 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $706.09 | $326.00 – $2,072.00 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $773.00 | $206.38 – $2,072.00 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $791.30 | $259.45 – $2,010.00 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $833.19 | $326.00 – $2,072.00 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $874.49 | $874.49 – $4,332.00 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $930.42 | $443.04 – $4,332.00 |