Reticulocyte automated at Palisades Medical Center
7600 River Rd., North Bergen, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1730692344
$3.99
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.
$83.00
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.
$1.88 with AETNA vs $18.28 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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| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1.88 | ↓ -53% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3.99 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $3.99 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $3.99 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $3.99 | ↑ +0% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $3.99 | ↑ +0% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3.99 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3.99 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $3.99 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3.99 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3.99 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $4.19 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $4.35 | ↑ +9% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $5.31 | ↑ +33% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $6.56 | ↑ +64% |
| AETNA | HMO | $7.39 | ↑ +85% |
| AETNA | PPO | $7.39 | ↑ +85% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $7.53 | ↑ +89% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $7.57 | ↑ +90% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $8.19 | ↑ +105% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $8.25 | ↑ +107% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $8.25 | ↑ +107% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $8.80 | ↑ +121% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $9.03 | ↑ +126% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $9.21 | ↑ +131% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $9.30 | ↑ +133% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $9.35 | ↑ +134% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $9.37 | ↑ +135% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $9.54 | ↑ +139% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $10.19 | ↑ +155% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $10.19 | ↑ +155% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $10.19 | ↑ +155% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $10.28 | ↑ +158% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $11.70 | ↑ +193% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $16.83 | ↑ +322% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $18.28 | ↑ +358% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $18.28 | ↑ +358% |
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Reticulocyte automated at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $4.39 | $1.88 – $19.17 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $4.39 | $1.88 – $16.02 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $4.39 | $1.88 – $16.02 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $4.39 | $1.88 – $16.02 |
| Childrens Specialized Hospital | Mountainside | $25.00 | $3.19 – $3.29 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $4.39 | $1.88 – $16.02 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $4.39 | $1.88 – $16.02 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $4.39 | $1.88 – $16.02 |