Radiation treatment aid(s) 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

$156.36

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.

$1,648.00

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.

$149.24 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.

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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 $149.24 ↓ -5%
AETNA PPO $154.73 ↓ -1%
AETNA HMO $154.73 ↓ -1%
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 $265.25 ↑ +70%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $281.81 ↑ +80%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $286.75 ↑ +83%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $296.64 ↑ +90%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $873.44 ↑ +459%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,127.56 ↑ +621%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $1,134.81 ↑ +626%
HORIZON PIP $1,236.00 ↑ +690%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,236.00 ↑ +690%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,318.40 ↑ +743%
HORIZON SHP $1,352.84 ↑ +765%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,379.87 ↑ +782%
HORIZON HMO $1,393.55 ↑ +791%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,400.80 ↑ +796%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,404.43 ↑ +798%
HORIZON PPO $1,428.82 ↑ +814%
QUALCARE HMO $1,526.05 ↑ +876%
QUALCARE PPO $1,526.05 ↑ +876%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,526.05 ↑ +876%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,540.06 ↑ +885%
CIGNA PPO $1,575.98 ↑ +908%
CIGNA HMO $1,575.98 ↑ +908%
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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