Screening Mammogram 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

$169.06

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$748.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$108.24 with HORIZON vs $692.65 with QUALCARE — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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 $108.24 ↓ -36%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $119.35 ↓ -29%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $119.45 ↓ -29%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $127.91 ↓ -24%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $130.15 ↓ -23%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $134.64 ↓ -20%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $169.06 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $169.06 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $169.06 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $169.06 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $169.06 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $169.06 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $169.06 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $169.06 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $177.51 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $184.28 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $247.37 ↑ +46%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $261.68 ↑ +55%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $261.68 ↑ +55%
AETNA HMO $264.29 ↑ +56%
AETNA PPO $264.29 ↑ +56%
CIGNA PPO $341.87 ↑ +102%
CIGNA HMO $341.87 ↑ +102%
HORIZON OMNIA $511.78 ↑ +203%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $515.07 ↑ +205%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $561.00 ↑ +232%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $561.00 ↑ +232%
HORIZON PIP $561.00 ↑ +232%
HORIZON SHP $614.03 ↑ +263%
HORIZON HMO $632.51 ↑ +274%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $635.80 ↑ +276%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $637.45 ↑ +277%
HORIZON PPO $648.52 ↑ +284%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $673.20 ↑ +298%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $692.65 ↑ +310%
QUALCARE HMO $692.65 ↑ +310%
QUALCARE PPO $692.65 ↑ +310%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Screening Mammogram at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $119.00 $66.58 – $953.13
Community Medical Center Toms River $131.49 $83.91 – $480.91
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $132.06 $68.53 – $480.91
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $131.74 $83.91 – $480.91
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $138.71 $83.91 – $480.91
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $169.06 $119.35 – $341.87
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $169.06 $98.12 – $335.01
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $169.06 $119.35 – $341.87

All New-jersey hospitals for this procedure →