Neck MRA (blood vessel MRI, with and without contrast) at Palisades Medical Center
7600 River Rd., North Bergen, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1730692344
$420.58
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.
$4,404.00
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.
$420.58 with HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN 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 BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $420.58 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $420.58 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $420.58 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $420.58 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $420.58 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $420.58 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $441.61 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $458.43 | ↑ +9% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $688.65 | ↑ +64% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $719.37 | ↑ +71% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $753.08 | ↑ +79% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $766.30 | ↑ +82% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $792.72 | ↑ +88% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $800.00 | ↑ +90% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $829.34 | ↑ +97% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $829.34 | ↑ +97% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $895.45 | ↑ +113% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $895.45 | ↑ +113% |
| AETNA | PPO | $1,122.53 | ↑ +167% |
| AETNA | HMO | $1,122.53 | ↑ +167% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $1,531.59 | ↑ +264% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $1,532.98 | ↑ +264% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $3,013.22 | ↑ +616% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $3,032.59 | ↑ +621% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,038.76 | ↑ +623% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $3,303.00 | ↑ +685% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $3,615.24 | ↑ +760% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $3,724.02 | ↑ +785% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,743.40 | ↑ +790% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $3,753.09 | ↑ +792% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $3,818.27 | ↑ +808% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $4,078.10 | ↑ +870% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $4,078.10 | ↑ +870% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $4,078.10 | ↑ +870% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,332.00 | ↑ +930% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Neck MRA (blood vessel MRI, with and without contrast) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $798.28 | $185.14 – $1,452.87 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $988.30 | $400.67 – $2,072.00 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $882.07 | $326.00 – $2,072.00 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $940.59 | $326.00 – $2,072.00 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $971.51 | $190.59 – $2,072.00 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $883.77 | $239.59 – $2,010.00 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $930.55 | $326.00 – $2,072.00 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $395.29 | $395.29 – $4,332.00 |