Whole blood for transfusion at Palisades Medical Center
7600 River Rd., North Bergen, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1730692344
$265.11
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.
$1,375.00
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.
$235.13 with AETNA vs $1,314.91 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.
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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| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $235.13 | ↓ -11% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $239.25 | ↓ -10% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $247.50 | ↓ -7% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $265.11 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $265.11 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $265.11 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $265.11 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $265.11 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $265.11 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $278.37 | ↑ +5% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $279.71 | ↑ +6% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $288.98 | ↑ +9% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $668.00 | ↑ +152% |
| AETNA | PPO | $865.70 | ↑ +227% |
| AETNA | HMO | $865.70 | ↑ +227% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $907.00 | ↑ +242% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $940.78 | ↑ +255% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $946.83 | ↑ +257% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,031.25 | ↑ +289% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $1,031.25 | ↑ +289% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,100.00 | ↑ +315% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $1,128.74 | ↑ +326% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $1,151.29 | ↑ +334% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $1,162.70 | ↑ +339% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,168.75 | ↑ +341% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $1,171.78 | ↑ +342% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $1,192.13 | ↑ +350% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,237.50 | ↑ +367% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $1,273.25 | ↑ +380% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $1,273.25 | ↑ +380% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $1,273.25 | ↑ +380% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $1,284.94 | ↑ +385% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $1,314.91 | ↑ +396% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $1,314.91 | ↑ +396% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Whole blood for transfusion at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $268.97 | $246.03 – $492.06 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $303.65 | $252.57 – $505.14 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $285.02 | $252.57 – $502.61 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $298.49 | $252.57 – $505.14 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $297.77 | $265.11 – $527.57 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $249.18 | $249.18 – $357.00 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $265.11 | $212.09 – $518.00 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $246.03 | $225.12 – $356.00 |