Pet image skull-thigh at Palisades Medical Center
7600 River Rd., North Bergen, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1730692344
$1,717.72
Cash price 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 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $726.24 | ↓ -58% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $738.98 | ↓ -57% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $764.46 | ↓ -55% |
| 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% |
| AETNA | PPO | $2,673.91 | ↑ +56% |
| AETNA | HMO | $2,673.91 | ↑ +56% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $2,884.17 | ↑ +68% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $2,886.78 | ↑ +68% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $2,905.80 | ↑ +69% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $2,924.48 | ↑ +70% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,082.18 | ↑ +79% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $3,185.25 | ↑ +85% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,185.25 | ↑ +85% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,397.60 | ↑ +98% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $3,486.36 | ↑ +103% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $3,591.26 | ↑ +109% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,609.95 | ↑ +110% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $3,619.29 | ↑ +111% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $3,682.15 | ↑ +114% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,822.30 | ↑ +123% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $3,932.72 | ↑ +129% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $3,932.72 | ↑ +129% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $3,932.72 | ↑ +129% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $4,008.02 | ↑ +133% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,008.02 | ↑ +133% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $4,009.56 | ↑ +133% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $4,009.56 | ↑ +133% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Pet image skull-thigh at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $1,614.45 | $1,447.32 – $4,009.56 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $1,717.72 | $1,374.18 – $6,637.00 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $1,594.06 | $1,447.32 – $4,009.56 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $1,615.86 | $1,458.59 – $4,244.87 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $1,614.45 | $1,447.32 – $4,548.34 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $1,615.86 | $1,447.32 – $4,009.56 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $1,614.45 | $1,447.32 – $4,009.56 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $1,594.06 | $1,447.32 – $4,009.56 |