Oth resp proc, indiv 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

$28.84

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.

$182.00

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.

$16.19 with HORIZON vs $444.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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 $16.19 ↓ -44%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.70 ↓ -32%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $28.84 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $28.84 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $28.84 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $28.84 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $28.84 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $28.84 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $30.28 ↑ +5%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $31.12 ↑ +8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $31.44 ↑ +9%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $31.67 ↑ +10%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $32.76 ↑ +14%
AETNA PPO $114.59 ↑ +297%
AETNA HMO $114.59 ↑ +297%
HORIZON OMNIA $124.52 ↑ +332%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $125.33 ↑ +335%
HORIZON PIP $136.50 ↑ +373%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $136.50 ↑ +373%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $145.60 ↑ +405%
HORIZON SHP $149.40 ↑ +418%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $152.39 ↑ +428%
HORIZON HMO $153.90 ↑ +434%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $154.70 ↑ +436%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $155.10 ↑ +438%
HORIZON PPO $157.79 ↑ +447%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $163.80 ↑ +468%
QUALCARE HMO $168.53 ↑ +484%
QUALCARE PPO $168.53 ↑ +484%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $168.53 ↑ +484%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $170.08 ↑ +490%
CIGNA HMO $174.05 ↑ +504%
CIGNA PPO $174.05 ↑ +504%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $327.00 ↑ +1034%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $444.00 ↑ +1440%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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