Pet image ltd area 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

$1,537.41

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.

$4,247.00

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.

$726.24 with AETNA vs $4,009.56 with CIGNA — 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 $726.24 ↓ -53%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $738.98 ↓ -52%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $764.46 ↓ -50%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,537.41 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,537.41 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,537.41 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,537.41 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,537.41 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,537.41 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,614.28 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,675.78 ↑ +9%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,771.20 ↑ +15%
AETNA PPO $2,673.91 ↑ +74%
AETNA HMO $2,673.91 ↑ +74%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $2,884.17 ↑ +88%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $2,886.78 ↑ +88%
HORIZON OMNIA $2,905.80 ↑ +89%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $2,924.48 ↑ +90%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $3,185.25 ↑ +107%
HORIZON PIP $3,185.25 ↑ +107%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $3,397.60 ↑ +121%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,444.98 ↑ +124%
HORIZON SHP $3,486.36 ↑ +127%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $3,535.83 ↑ +130%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $3,535.83 ↑ +130%
HORIZON HMO $3,591.26 ↑ +134%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $3,609.95 ↑ +135%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $3,619.29 ↑ +135%
HORIZON PPO $3,682.15 ↑ +140%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $3,822.30 ↑ +149%
QUALCARE HMO $3,932.72 ↑ +156%
QUALCARE PPO $3,932.72 ↑ +156%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $3,932.72 ↑ +156%
CIGNA HMO $4,009.56 ↑ +161%
CIGNA PPO $4,009.56 ↑ +161%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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