X-ray abdomen 1 view 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.

$473.00

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.

$26.76 with HORIZON vs $438.00 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.

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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 $26.76 ↓ -74%
AETNA PPO $48.08 ↓ -54%
AETNA HMO $48.08 ↓ -54%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $58.56 ↓ -44%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $65.64 ↓ -37%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $65.70 ↓ -37%
CIGNA PPO $75.12 ↓ -28%
CIGNA HMO $75.12 ↓ -28%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $80.88 ↓ -22%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $82.30 ↓ -21%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $85.14 ↓ -18%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $103.69 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.69 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.69 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $103.69 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.69 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.69 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $108.88 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $113.03 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $219.04 ↑ +111%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $219.04 ↑ +111%
HORIZON OMNIA $323.63 ↑ +212%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $325.71 ↑ +214%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $354.75 ↑ +242%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $354.75 ↑ +242%
HORIZON PIP $354.75 ↑ +242%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $378.40 ↑ +265%
HORIZON SHP $388.29 ↑ +274%
HORIZON HMO $399.97 ↑ +286%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $402.05 ↑ +288%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $403.09 ↑ +289%
HORIZON PPO $410.09 ↑ +295%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $438.00 ↑ +322%
QUALCARE HMO $438.00 ↑ +322%
QUALCARE PPO $438.00 ↑ +322%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
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