MRI lower extremity other than joint without contrast (both sides) at Palisades Medical Center
7600 River Rd., North Bergen, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1730692344
$284.66
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.
$3,432.00
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.
$284.66 with VACCN 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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| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $284.66 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $284.66 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $284.66 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $284.66 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $284.66 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $284.66 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $298.90 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $310.28 | ↑ +9% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $443.93 | ↑ +56% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $496.92 | ↑ +75% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $522.99 | ↑ +84% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $522.99 | ↑ +84% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $559.79 | ↑ +97% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $559.79 | ↑ +97% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $586.87 | ↑ +106% |
| AETNA | HMO | $594.65 | ↑ +109% |
| AETNA | PPO | $594.65 | ↑ +109% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $597.17 | ↑ +110% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $617.76 | ↑ +117% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $800.00 | ↑ +181% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $944.81 | ↑ +232% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $945.67 | ↑ +232% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $2,348.17 | ↑ +725% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $2,363.28 | ↑ +730% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,368.08 | ↑ +732% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $2,574.00 | ↑ +804% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $2,817.33 | ↑ +890% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $2,902.10 | ↑ +919% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,917.20 | ↑ +925% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $2,924.75 | ↑ +927% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $2,975.54 | ↑ +945% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $3,178.03 | ↑ +1016% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $3,178.03 | ↑ +1016% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $3,178.03 | ↑ +1016% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,332.00 | ↑ +1422% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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MRI lower extremity other than joint without contrast (both sides) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $267.55 | $267.55 – $4,332.00 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $284.66 | $227.73 – $4,332.00 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $264.17 | $241.72 – $4,332.00 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $267.78 | $241.72 – $4,332.00 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $267.55 | $267.55 – $4,332.00 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $267.78 | $267.78 – $4,332.00 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $267.55 | $267.55 – $4,332.00 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $264.17 | $264.17 – $4,332.00 |