Pt re-evaluation 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

$86.04

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.

$286.00

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.

$48.91 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 $48.91 ↓ -43%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $49.76 ↓ -42%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $51.48 ↓ -40%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $86.04 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $86.04 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $86.04 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $86.04 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $86.04 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $86.04 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $86.04 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $90.34 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $93.78 ↑ +9%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $118.00 ↑ +37%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $120.43 ↑ +40%
HORIZON OMNIA $195.68 ↑ +127%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $196.94 ↑ +129%
AETNA PPO $212.01 ↑ +146%
AETNA HMO $212.01 ↑ +146%
HORIZON PIP $214.50 ↑ +149%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $224.00 ↑ +160%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $228.80 ↑ +166%
HORIZON SHP $234.78 ↑ +173%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $239.47 ↑ +178%
HORIZON HMO $241.84 ↑ +181%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $243.10 ↑ +183%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $243.73 ↑ +183%
HORIZON PPO $247.96 ↑ +188%
QUALCARE HMO $264.84 ↑ +208%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $264.84 ↑ +208%
QUALCARE PPO $264.84 ↑ +208%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $267.27 ↑ +211%
CIGNA PPO $273.50 ↑ +218%
CIGNA HMO $273.50 ↑ +218%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $291.00 ↑ +238%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $355.00 ↑ +313%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $558.00 ↑ +549%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $725.00 ↑ +743%

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