Pyruvate at Palisades Medical Center
7600 River Rd., North Bergen, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1730692344
$14.48
Cash price 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.
$109.00
Gross charge 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.
$8.04 with AETNA vs $66.35 with CIGNA — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $8.04 | ↓ -44% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $14.48 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $14.48 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $14.48 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $14.48 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $14.48 | ↑ +0% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $14.48 | ↑ +0% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $14.48 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $14.48 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $14.48 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $14.48 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $15.20 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $15.78 | ↑ +9% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $19.26 | ↑ +33% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $26.24 | ↑ +81% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $29.72 | ↑ +105% |
| AETNA | HMO | $31.58 | ↑ +118% |
| AETNA | PPO | $31.58 | ↑ +118% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $31.70 | ↑ +119% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $32.16 | ↑ +122% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $32.36 | ↑ +123% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $35.25 | ↑ +143% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $35.25 | ↑ +143% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $37.60 | ↑ +160% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $38.58 | ↑ +166% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $39.35 | ↑ +172% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $39.74 | ↑ +174% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $39.95 | ↑ +176% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $40.05 | ↑ +177% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $40.75 | ↑ +181% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $43.52 | ↑ +201% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $43.52 | ↑ +201% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $43.52 | ↑ +201% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $43.92 | ↑ +203% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $61.07 | ↑ +322% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $66.35 | ↑ +358% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $66.35 | ↑ +358% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Pyruvate at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $15.93 | $6.81 – $58.76 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $15.93 | $6.81 – $58.76 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $15.93 | $6.81 – $58.76 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $15.93 | $6.81 – $58.76 |
| Childrens Specialized Hospital | Mountainside | $67.00 | $11.58 – $11.93 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $15.93 | $6.81 – $58.76 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $15.93 | $6.81 – $58.76 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $15.93 | $6.81 – $58.76 |