Pt evaluation low complexity patient/family 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

$126.19

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.

$396.00

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.

$67.72 with AETNA vs $725.00 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 $67.72 ↓ -46%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $68.90 ↓ -45%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $71.28 ↓ -44%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $118.00 ↓ -6%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $126.19 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $126.19 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $126.19 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $126.19 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $126.19 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $126.19 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $126.19 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $132.50 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $137.55 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $172.59 ↑ +37%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $224.00 ↑ +78%
HORIZON OMNIA $270.94 ↑ +115%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $272.69 ↑ +116%
AETNA PPO $293.55 ↑ +133%
AETNA HMO $293.55 ↑ +133%
HORIZON PIP $297.00 ↑ +135%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $316.80 ↑ +151%
HORIZON SHP $325.08 ↑ +158%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $331.57 ↑ +163%
HORIZON HMO $334.86 ↑ +165%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $336.60 ↑ +167%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $337.47 ↑ +167%
HORIZON PPO $343.33 ↑ +172%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $349.00 ↑ +177%
QUALCARE PPO $366.70 ↑ +191%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $366.70 ↑ +191%
QUALCARE HMO $366.70 ↑ +191%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $370.06 ↑ +193%
CIGNA HMO $378.69 ↑ +200%
CIGNA PPO $378.69 ↑ +200%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $517.00 ↑ +310%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $558.00 ↑ +342%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $725.00 ↑ +475%

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