Platelets each unit 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

$89.46

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.

$446.00

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.

$76.27 with AETNA vs $907.00 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $76.27 ↓ -15%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $77.60 ↓ -13%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $80.28 ↓ -10%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $89.46 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $89.46 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $89.46 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $89.46 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $89.46 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $89.46 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $93.93 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $97.51 ↑ +9%
AETNA PPO $280.80 ↑ +214%
AETNA HMO $280.80 ↑ +214%
HORIZON OMNIA $305.15 ↑ +241%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $307.12 ↑ +243%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $334.50 ↑ +274%
HORIZON PIP $334.50 ↑ +274%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $356.80 ↑ +299%
HORIZON SHP $366.12 ↑ +309%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $373.44 ↑ +317%
HORIZON HMO $377.14 ↑ +322%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $379.10 ↑ +324%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $380.08 ↑ +325%
HORIZON PPO $386.68 ↑ +332%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $401.40 ↑ +349%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $413.00 ↑ +362%
QUALCARE HMO $413.00 ↑ +362%
QUALCARE PPO $413.00 ↑ +362%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $416.79 ↑ +366%
CIGNA PPO $426.51 ↑ +377%
CIGNA HMO $426.51 ↑ +377%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $668.00 ↑ +647%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $907.00 ↑ +914%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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