Platelet automated 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

$4.48

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.

$75.00

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.

$4.48 with HORIZON vs $70.09 with AMERIHEALTH — 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 MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.48 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.48 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.48 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $4.48 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $4.48 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $4.48 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.48 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.48 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $4.48 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $4.48 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.70 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.88 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.96 ↑ +33%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $8.20 ↑ +83%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $9.20 ↑ +105%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $12.83 ↑ +186%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $13.06 ↑ +192%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $18.91 ↑ +322%
CIGNA PPO $20.53 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $20.53 ↑ +358%
AETNA HMO $50.40 ↑ +1025%
AETNA PPO $50.40 ↑ +1025%
HORIZON OMNIA $51.32 ↑ +1046%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $51.65 ↑ +1053%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $56.25 ↑ +1156%
HORIZON PIP $56.25 ↑ +1156%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $60.00 ↑ +1239%
HORIZON SHP $61.57 ↑ +1274%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $62.80 ↑ +1302%
HORIZON HMO $63.42 ↑ +1316%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $63.75 ↑ +1323%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $63.92 ↑ +1327%
HORIZON PPO $65.03 ↑ +1352%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $69.45 ↑ +1450%
QUALCARE PPO $69.45 ↑ +1450%
QUALCARE HMO $69.45 ↑ +1450%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $70.09 ↑ +1465%

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Platelet automated at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $4.93 $2.11 – $21.30
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $4.93 $2.11 – $18.69
Community Medical Center Toms River $4.93 $2.11 – $18.69
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $4.93 $2.11 – $18.69
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $20.50 $3.58 – $3.69
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4.93 $2.11 – $18.69
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $4.93 $2.11 – $18.69
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $4.93 $2.11 – $18.69

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