Thyroid uptake measurement 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

$473.22

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.

$877.00

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.

$60.84 with HORIZON vs $1,021.05 with OXFORD — 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 $60.84 ↓ -87%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $112.03 ↓ -76%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $112.13 ↓ -76%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $149.97 ↓ -68%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $152.60 ↓ -68%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $157.86 ↓ -67%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $158.23 ↓ -67%
AETNA PPO $196.15 ↓ -59%
AETNA HMO $196.15 ↓ -59%
CIGNA HMO $263.49 ↓ -44%
CIGNA PPO $263.49 ↓ -44%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $473.22 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $473.22 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $473.22 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $473.22 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $473.22 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $473.22 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $496.88 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $515.81 ↑ +9%
HORIZON OMNIA $600.04 ↑ +27%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $603.90 ↑ +28%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $657.75 ↑ +39%
HORIZON PIP $657.75 ↑ +39%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $701.60 ↑ +48%
HORIZON SHP $719.93 ↑ +52%
HORIZON HMO $741.59 ↑ +57%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $745.45 ↑ +58%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $747.38 ↑ +58%
HORIZON PPO $760.36 ↑ +61%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $789.30 ↑ +67%
QUALCARE PPO $812.10 ↑ +72%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $812.10 ↑ +72%
QUALCARE HMO $812.10 ↑ +72%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,021.05 ↑ +116%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,021.05 ↑ +116%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Thyroid uptake measurement at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $167.42 $42.42 – $878.30
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $189.01 $60.84 – $901.64
Community Medical Center Toms River $185.00 $60.84 – $873.91
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $325.99 $60.84 – $897.13
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $185.80 $43.67 – $901.64
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $185.35 $54.90 – $941.71
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $195.16 $60.84 – $885.09
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $444.77 $112.03 – $1,021.05

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