Speech evaluation complex 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

$284.66

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.

$1,092.00

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.

$68.88 with HORIZON vs $1,011.19 with QUALCARE — 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 $68.88 ↓ -76%
AETNA HMO $127.35 ↓ -55%
AETNA PPO $127.35 ↓ -55%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $186.73 ↓ -34%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $190.01 ↓ -33%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $196.56 ↓ -31%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $210.08 ↓ -26%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $240.68 ↓ -15%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $240.90 ↓ -15%
CIGNA PPO $248.01 ↓ -13%
CIGNA HMO $248.01 ↓ -13%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $284.66 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $284.66 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $284.66 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $284.66 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $284.66 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $284.66 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $298.90 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $310.28 ↑ +9%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $623.08 ↑ +119%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $623.08 ↑ +119%
HORIZON OMNIA $747.15 ↑ +162%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $751.95 ↑ +164%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $819.00 ↑ +188%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $819.00 ↑ +188%
HORIZON PIP $819.00 ↑ +188%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $873.60 ↑ +207%
HORIZON SHP $896.42 ↑ +215%
HORIZON HMO $923.40 ↑ +224%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $928.20 ↑ +226%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $930.60 ↑ +227%
HORIZON PPO $946.76 ↑ +233%
QUALCARE HMO $1,011.19 ↑ +255%
QUALCARE PPO $1,011.19 ↑ +255%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,011.19 ↑ +255%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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