Nm imaging bone/joint whole body 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

$473.22

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.

$2,915.00

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.

$123.00 with HORIZON vs $2,699.29 with QUALCARE — 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 MANAGED MEDICAID $123.00 ↓ -74%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $401.79 ↓ -15%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $402.16 ↓ -15%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $473.22 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $473.22 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $473.22 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $473.22 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $473.22 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $473.22 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $496.88 ↑ +5%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $498.47 ↑ +5%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $507.21 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $515.81 ↑ +9%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $524.70 ↑ +11%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $525.18 ↑ +11%
AETNA PPO $580.37 ↑ +23%
AETNA HMO $580.37 ↑ +23%
CIGNA PPO $938.94 ↑ +98%
CIGNA HMO $938.94 ↑ +98%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,021.05 ↑ +116%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,021.05 ↑ +116%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,994.44 ↑ +321%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $2,007.27 ↑ +324%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $2,186.25 ↑ +362%
HORIZON PIP $2,186.25 ↑ +362%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,332.00 ↑ +393%
HORIZON SHP $2,392.92 ↑ +406%
HORIZON HMO $2,464.92 ↑ +421%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $2,477.75 ↑ +424%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $2,484.16 ↑ +425%
HORIZON PPO $2,527.31 ↑ +434%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $2,623.50 ↑ +454%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,699.29 ↑ +470%
QUALCARE HMO $2,699.29 ↑ +470%
QUALCARE PPO $2,699.29 ↑ +470%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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