Pet fdg brain metoblic eval sb 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

$1,717.72

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.

$4,503.00

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.

$770.01 with AETNA vs $4,169.78 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 $770.01 ↓ -55%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $783.52 ↓ -54%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $810.54 ↓ -53%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,717.72 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,717.72 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,717.72 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,717.72 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,717.72 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,717.72 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,771.20 ↑ +3%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,803.61 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,872.32 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,477.45 ↑ +44%
AETNA PPO $2,835.09 ↑ +65%
AETNA HMO $2,835.09 ↑ +65%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $2,884.17 ↑ +68%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $2,886.78 ↑ +68%
HORIZON OMNIA $3,080.95 ↑ +79%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $3,100.77 ↑ +81%
HORIZON PIP $3,377.25 ↑ +97%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $3,377.25 ↑ +97%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $3,602.40 ↑ +110%
HORIZON SHP $3,696.51 ↑ +115%
HORIZON HMO $3,807.74 ↑ +122%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $3,827.55 ↑ +123%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $3,837.46 ↑ +123%
HORIZON PPO $3,904.10 ↑ +127%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $4,008.02 ↑ +133%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $4,008.02 ↑ +133%
CIGNA PPO $4,009.56 ↑ +133%
CIGNA HMO $4,009.56 ↑ +133%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $4,052.70 ↑ +136%
QUALCARE HMO $4,169.78 ↑ +143%
QUALCARE PPO $4,169.78 ↑ +143%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $4,169.78 ↑ +143%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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