Red blood cells each unit at Palisades Medical Center
7600 River Rd., North Bergen, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1730692344
$169.96
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.
$1,031.00
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.
$169.96 with HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN vs $985.95 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 |
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| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $169.96 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $169.96 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $169.96 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $169.96 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $169.96 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $169.96 | ↑ +0% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $176.30 | ↑ +4% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $178.46 | ↑ +5% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $179.39 | ↑ +6% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $185.26 | ↑ +9% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $185.58 | ↑ +9% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $286.26 | ↑ +68% |
| AETNA | HMO | $649.12 | ↑ +282% |
| AETNA | PPO | $649.12 | ↑ +282% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $668.00 | ↑ +293% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $705.41 | ↑ +315% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $709.95 | ↑ +318% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $773.25 | ↑ +355% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $773.25 | ↑ +355% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $824.80 | ↑ +385% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $846.35 | ↑ +398% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $863.26 | ↑ +408% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $871.81 | ↑ +413% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $876.35 | ↑ +416% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $878.62 | ↑ +417% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $893.88 | ↑ +426% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $907.00 | ↑ +434% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $927.90 | ↑ +446% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $954.71 | ↑ +462% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $954.71 | ↑ +462% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $954.71 | ↑ +462% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $963.47 | ↑ +467% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $985.95 | ↑ +480% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $985.95 | ↑ +480% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Red blood cells each unit at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $106.80 | $157.72 – $315.44 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $120.57 | $161.92 – $323.84 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $113.17 | $161.92 – $322.22 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $118.52 | $161.92 – $323.84 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $159.88 | $144.32 – $382.00 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $159.74 | $159.74 – $380.00 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $159.88 | $159.88 – $353.00 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $159.74 | $159.74 – $361.00 |