Myelography thoracic spine 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.
$3,164.00
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.
$91.84 with HORIZON vs $2,956.76 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.
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 | $91.84 | ↓ -90% |
| AETNA | HMO | $137.73 | ↓ -85% |
| AETNA | PPO | $137.73 | ↓ -85% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $206.29 | ↓ -78% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $256.66 | ↓ -72% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $256.66 | ↓ -72% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $541.04 | ↓ -42% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $550.54 | ↓ -41% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $569.52 | ↓ -39% |
| 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% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $976.94 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,014.16 | ↑ +9% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,936.35 | ↑ +108% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $1,936.35 | ↑ +108% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $2,164.81 | ↑ +133% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $2,178.73 | ↑ +134% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,373.00 | ↑ +155% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $2,373.00 | ↑ +155% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,373.00 | ↑ +155% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,531.20 | ↑ +172% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $2,597.33 | ↑ +179% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $2,649.22 | ↑ +185% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $2,675.48 | ↑ +188% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,689.40 | ↑ +189% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $2,696.36 | ↑ +190% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $2,743.19 | ↑ +195% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $2,929.86 | ↑ +215% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $2,929.86 | ↑ +215% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $2,929.86 | ↑ +215% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $2,956.76 | ↑ +218% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Myelography thoracic spine at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $307.82 | $55.72 – $1,726.88 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $432.48 | $91.84 – $1,772.76 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $340.13 | $91.84 – $1,718.25 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $356.82 | $91.84 – $1,763.90 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $425.14 | $57.36 – $1,772.76 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $358.83 | $91.84 – $1,740.24 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $874.49 | $145.55 – $1,936.35 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $930.42 | $83.26 – $2,211.69 |