Oph Ultrasound dx quan a-scan only 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

$125.23

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.

$362.00

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.

$61.90 with AETNA vs $335.21 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $61.90 ↓ -51%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $62.99 ↓ -50%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $65.16 ↓ -48%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $72.16 ↓ -42%
CIGNA HMO $80.05 ↓ -36%
CIGNA PPO $80.05 ↓ -36%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $108.35 ↓ -13%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $125.23 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.23 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.23 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.23 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $125.23 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $125.23 ↑ +0%
AETNA PPO $129.25 ↑ +3%
AETNA HMO $129.25 ↑ +3%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $131.49 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $136.50 ↑ +9%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $149.18 ↑ +19%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $149.32 ↑ +19%
HORIZON OMNIA $247.68 ↑ +98%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $249.27 ↑ +99%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $271.50 ↑ +117%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $271.50 ↑ +117%
HORIZON PIP $271.50 ↑ +117%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $295.04 ↑ +136%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $295.04 ↑ +136%
HORIZON SHP $297.17 ↑ +137%
HORIZON HMO $306.11 ↑ +144%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $307.70 ↑ +146%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $308.50 ↑ +146%
HORIZON PPO $313.85 ↑ +151%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $325.80 ↑ +160%
QUALCARE PPO $335.21 ↑ +168%
QUALCARE HMO $335.21 ↑ +168%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $335.21 ↑ +168%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Oph Ultrasound dx quan a-scan only at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $117.70 $80.05 – $295.04
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $125.23 $65.41 – $337.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $116.22 $80.05 – $295.04
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $117.81 $82.22 – $312.47
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $117.70 $80.05 – $334.81
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $117.81 $80.05 – $295.04
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $117.70 $80.05 – $295.04
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $116.22 $80.05 – $149.18

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