Susceptibility mic per plate 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

$8.65

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.

$367.00

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.

$8.65 with HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN vs $50.46 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.

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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 BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.65 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $8.65 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.65 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.65 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $8.65 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $8.65 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $8.65 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.65 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $8.65 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.65 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.08 ↑ +5%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $9.23 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.43 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.50 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $17.75 ↑ +105%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $18.04 ↑ +109%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $25.24 ↑ +192%
AETNA PPO $36.29 ↑ +320%
AETNA HMO $36.29 ↑ +320%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $36.48 ↑ +322%
HORIZON OMNIA $36.95 ↑ +327%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $37.18 ↑ +330%
CIGNA HMO $39.64 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $39.64 ↑ +358%
HORIZON PIP $40.50 ↑ +368%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $40.50 ↑ +368%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $43.20 ↑ +399%
HORIZON SHP $44.33 ↑ +412%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $45.21 ↑ +423%
HORIZON HMO $45.66 ↑ +428%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $45.90 ↑ +431%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $46.02 ↑ +432%
HORIZON PPO $46.82 ↑ +441%
QUALCARE HMO $50.00 ↑ +478%
QUALCARE PPO $50.00 ↑ +478%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $50.00 ↑ +478%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $50.46 ↑ +483%

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Susceptibility mic per plate at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Carrier Clinic Belle Mead $68.40 $24.80 – $24.80
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $9.52 $4.07 – $41.08
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $9.52 $4.07 – $34.72
Community Medical Center Toms River $9.52 $4.07 – $34.72
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $9.52 $4.07 – $34.72
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $14.00 $6.92 – $7.13
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $9.52 $4.07 – $34.72
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $9.52 $4.07 – $34.72

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