Tbs techl calculation only 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

$103.69

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.

$259.00

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.

$21.46 with HORIZON vs $247.68 with CIGNA — 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 $21.46 ↓ -79%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $44.29 ↓ -57%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $45.07 ↓ -57%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $46.62 ↓ -55%
AETNA HMO $76.55 ↓ -26%
AETNA PPO $76.55 ↓ -26%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $103.69 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.69 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.69 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $103.69 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.69 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.69 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $108.88 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $113.03 ↑ +9%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $149.18 ↑ +44%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $149.32 ↑ +44%
HORIZON OMNIA $177.21 ↑ +71%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $178.35 ↑ +72%
HORIZON PIP $194.25 ↑ +87%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $194.25 ↑ +87%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $194.25 ↑ +87%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $207.20 ↑ +100%
HORIZON SHP $212.61 ↑ +105%
HORIZON HMO $219.01 ↑ +111%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $220.15 ↑ +112%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $220.72 ↑ +113%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $223.67 ↑ +116%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $223.67 ↑ +116%
HORIZON PPO $224.55 ↑ +117%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $239.83 ↑ +131%
QUALCARE HMO $239.83 ↑ +131%
QUALCARE PPO $239.83 ↑ +131%
CIGNA PPO $247.68 ↑ +139%
CIGNA HMO $247.68 ↑ +139%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Tbs techl calculation only at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $97.46 $53.98 – $223.67
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $103.69 $19.45 – $255.47
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $96.23 $53.98 – $149.18
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $97.54 $88.05 – $236.88
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $97.46 $53.98 – $146.61
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $97.54 $29.43 – $223.67
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $97.46 $18.31 – $223.67
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $96.23 $53.98 – $149.18

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