Specific gravity body fluid at Palisades Medical Center
7600 River Rd., North Bergen, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1730692344
$3.28
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.
$50.00
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.
$3.28 with HORIZON vs $46.73 with AMERIHEALTH — 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 | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3.28 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3.28 | ↑ +0% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $3.28 | ↑ +0% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3.28 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $3.28 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $3.28 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $3.28 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3.28 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3.28 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $3.28 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3.44 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3.58 | ↑ +9% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $4.36 | ↑ +33% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $5.41 | ↑ +65% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $6.73 | ↑ +105% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $7.32 | ↑ +123% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $8.55 | ↑ +161% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $13.83 | ↑ +322% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $15.03 | ↑ +358% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $15.03 | ↑ +358% |
| AETNA | HMO | $33.60 | ↑ +924% |
| AETNA | PPO | $33.60 | ↑ +924% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $34.21 | ↑ +943% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $34.43 | ↑ +950% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $37.50 | ↑ +1043% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $37.50 | ↑ +1043% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $40.00 | ↑ +1120% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $41.05 | ↑ +1152% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $41.87 | ↑ +1177% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $42.28 | ↑ +1189% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $42.50 | ↑ +1196% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $42.61 | ↑ +1199% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $43.35 | ↑ +1222% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $46.30 | ↑ +1312% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $46.30 | ↑ +1312% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $46.30 | ↑ +1312% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $46.73 | ↑ +1325% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Specific gravity body fluid at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $3.61 | $1.54 – $13.36 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $3.61 | $1.54 – $13.36 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $3.61 | $1.54 – $13.36 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $3.61 | $1.54 – $13.36 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $3.61 | $1.54 – $13.36 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $3.61 | $1.54 – $13.36 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $3.61 | $1.54 – $13.36 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $3.28 | $3.28 – $15.03 |