Thyroid imaging at Palisades Medical Center
7600 River Rd., North Bergen, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1730692344
$473.22
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.
$2,039.00
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.
$154.13 with HORIZON vs $1,888.11 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.
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 | MANAGED MEDICAID | $154.13 | ↓ -67% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $197.91 | ↓ -58% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $198.09 | ↓ -58% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $335.09 | ↓ -29% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $348.67 | ↓ -26% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $354.79 | ↓ -25% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $367.02 | ↓ -22% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $473.22 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $473.22 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $473.22 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $473.22 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $473.22 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $473.22 | ↑ +0% |
| AETNA | HMO | $478.37 | ↑ +1% |
| AETNA | PPO | $478.37 | ↑ +1% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $496.88 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $515.81 | ↑ +9% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $646.30 | ↑ +37% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $646.30 | ↑ +37% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $1,021.05 | ↑ +116% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,021.05 | ↑ +116% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $1,395.08 | ↑ +195% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $1,404.06 | ↑ +197% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,529.25 | ↑ +223% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $1,529.25 | ↑ +223% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,631.20 | ↑ +245% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $1,673.82 | ↑ +254% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $1,724.18 | ↑ +264% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,733.15 | ↑ +266% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $1,737.64 | ↑ +267% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $1,767.81 | ↑ +274% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,835.10 | ↑ +288% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $1,888.11 | ↑ +299% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $1,888.11 | ↑ +299% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $1,888.11 | ↑ +299% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Thyroid imaging at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $403.74 | $89.78 – $878.30 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $315.09 | $139.15 – $901.64 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $446.11 | $139.15 – $873.91 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $187.76 | $139.43 – $897.13 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $446.97 | $116.19 – $941.71 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $470.63 | $139.15 – $885.09 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $444.77 | $197.91 – $1,021.05 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $473.22 | $139.72 – $1,166.24 |