Visual audiometry (vra) 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

$184.26

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.

$436.00

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.

$62.16 with KARNA vs $994.00 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.

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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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $62.16 ↓ -66%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $74.56 ↓ -60%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $75.86 ↓ -59%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $78.48 ↓ -57%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $184.26 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $184.26 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $184.26 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $184.26 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $184.26 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $184.26 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $193.47 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $200.84 ↑ +9%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $208.82 ↑ +13%
AETNA HMO $274.51 ↑ +49%
AETNA PPO $274.51 ↑ +49%
HORIZON OMNIA $298.31 ↑ +62%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $300.23 ↑ +63%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $327.00 ↑ +77%
HORIZON PIP $327.00 ↑ +77%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $348.80 ↑ +89%
HORIZON SHP $357.91 ↑ +94%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $365.06 ↑ +98%
HORIZON HMO $368.68 ↑ +100%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $370.60 ↑ +101%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $371.56 ↑ +102%
HORIZON PPO $378.01 ↑ +105%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $392.40 ↑ +113%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $403.74 ↑ +119%
QUALCARE HMO $403.74 ↑ +119%
QUALCARE PPO $403.74 ↑ +119%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $407.44 ↑ +121%
CIGNA PPO $416.95 ↑ +126%
CIGNA HMO $416.95 ↑ +126%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $745.00 ↑ +304%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $994.00 ↑ +439%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $126.50 $175.54 – $351.08
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $255.50 $231.08 – $394.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $124.35 $175.54 – $351.08
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $124.05 $184.26 – $366.68
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $130.62 $173.18 – $344.63
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $173.18 $173.18 – $465.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $184.26 $62.16 – $487.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $170.99 $60.14 – $499.00

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