Sweat collection by iontophoresis at Palisades Medical Center
7600 River Rd., North Bergen, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1730692344
$62.92
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.
$187.00
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.
$5.84 with KARNA vs $209.88 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $5.84 | ↓ -91% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $31.98 | ↓ -49% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $32.54 | ↓ -48% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $48.94 | ↓ -22% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $62.92 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $62.92 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $62.92 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $62.92 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $62.92 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $62.92 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $66.07 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $68.59 | ↑ +9% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $102.13 | ↑ +62% |
| AETNA | PPO | $125.66 | ↑ +100% |
| AETNA | HMO | $125.66 | ↑ +100% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $127.95 | ↑ +103% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $128.77 | ↑ +105% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $140.25 | ↑ +123% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $140.25 | ↑ +123% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $149.60 | ↑ +138% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $149.60 | ↑ +138% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $153.51 | ↑ +144% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $156.58 | ↑ +149% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $158.13 | ↑ +151% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $158.95 | ↑ +153% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $159.36 | ↑ +153% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $162.13 | ↑ +158% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $173.16 | ↑ +175% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $173.16 | ↑ +175% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $173.16 | ↑ +175% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $174.75 | ↑ +178% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $178.83 | ↑ +184% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $178.83 | ↑ +184% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $209.88 | ↑ +234% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Sweat collection by iontophoresis at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $77.97 | $2.59 – $119.88 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $38.38 | $2.59 – $119.28 |
| Childrens Specialized Hospital | Mountainside | $115.00 | $2.47 – $2.54 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $76.65 | $2.59 – $119.88 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $75.92 | $2.59 – $117.69 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $59.14 | $9.06 – $102.13 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $62.92 | $5.84 – $66.07 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $58.39 | $2.33 – $58.39 |