Pulmonary vent imaging 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

$473.22

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.

$1,085.00

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.

$127.74 with HORIZON vs $1,021.05 with OXFORD — 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 MANAGED MEDICAID $127.74 ↓ -73%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $185.54 ↓ -61%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $188.79 ↓ -60%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $195.30 ↓ -59%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $240.68 ↓ -49%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $240.90 ↓ -49%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $336.41 ↓ -29%
AETNA HMO $449.23 ↓ -5%
AETNA PPO $449.23 ↓ -5%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $473.22 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $473.22 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $473.22 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $473.22 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $473.22 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $473.22 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $496.88 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $515.81 ↑ +9%
CIGNA PPO $595.65 ↑ +26%
CIGNA HMO $595.65 ↑ +26%
HORIZON OMNIA $742.36 ↑ +57%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $747.13 ↑ +58%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $813.75 ↑ +72%
HORIZON PIP $813.75 ↑ +72%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $868.00 ↑ +83%
HORIZON SHP $890.68 ↑ +88%
HORIZON HMO $917.48 ↑ +94%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $922.25 ↑ +95%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $924.64 ↑ +95%
HORIZON PPO $940.70 ↑ +99%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $976.50 ↑ +106%
QUALCARE PPO $1,004.71 ↑ +112%
QUALCARE HMO $1,004.71 ↑ +112%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,004.71 ↑ +112%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,021.05 ↑ +116%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,021.05 ↑ +116%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $294.31 $90.19 – $878.30
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $299.41 $127.74 – $901.64
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $152.75 $127.74 – $897.13
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $294.32 $92.84 – $901.64
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $325.83 $116.71 – $941.71
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $343.07 $127.74 – $885.09
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $444.77 $240.68 – $1,021.05
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $473.22 $115.80 – $1,166.24

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