Radiation physics consult at Palisades Medical Center
7600 River Rd., North Bergen, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1730692344
$156.36
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.
$1,690.00
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.
$86.36 with HORIZON vs $2,826.00 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $86.36 | ↓ -45% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $156.36 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $156.36 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $156.36 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $156.36 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $156.36 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $156.36 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $164.18 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $170.43 | ↑ +9% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $174.84 | ↑ +12% |
| AETNA | HMO | $211.55 | ↑ +35% |
| AETNA | PPO | $211.55 | ↑ +35% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $288.99 | ↑ +85% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $294.06 | ↑ +88% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $304.20 | ↑ +95% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $895.70 | ↑ +473% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $1,156.30 | ↑ +640% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $1,163.73 | ↑ +644% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $1,267.50 | ↑ +711% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,267.50 | ↑ +711% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,352.00 | ↑ +765% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $1,387.32 | ↑ +787% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $1,415.04 | ↑ +805% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $1,429.06 | ↑ +814% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,436.50 | ↑ +819% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $1,440.22 | ↑ +821% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $1,465.23 | ↑ +837% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $1,564.94 | ↑ +901% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $1,564.94 | ↑ +901% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $1,564.94 | ↑ +901% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $1,579.31 | ↑ +910% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $1,616.15 | ↑ +934% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $1,616.15 | ↑ +934% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,755.00 | ↑ +1662% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $2,826.00 | ↑ +1707% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Radiation physics consult at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $310.83 | $46.81 – $677.71 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $355.78 | $86.36 – $297.92 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $343.45 | $86.36 – $288.75 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $324.40 | $86.36 – $296.43 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $349.73 | $48.18 – $297.92 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $344.11 | $60.57 – $311.16 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $362.33 | $86.36 – $292.45 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $146.96 | $146.96 – $21,431.00 |