X-ray bone length studies at Palisades Medical Center
7600 River Rd., North Bergen, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1730692344
$125.23
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.
$523.00
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.
$21.25 with HORIZON vs $484.30 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 | $21.25 | ↓ -83% |
| AETNA | PPO | $56.52 | ↓ -55% |
| AETNA | HMO | $56.52 | ↓ -55% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $85.53 | ↓ -32% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $85.61 | ↓ -32% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $87.57 | ↓ -30% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $89.43 | ↓ -29% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $91.00 | ↓ -27% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $94.14 | ↓ -25% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $114.64 | ↓ -8% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $114.64 | ↓ -8% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $125.23 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $125.23 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $125.23 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $125.23 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $125.23 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $125.23 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $131.49 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $136.50 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $295.04 | ↑ +136% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $295.04 | ↑ +136% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $357.84 | ↑ +186% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $360.14 | ↑ +188% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $392.25 | ↑ +213% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $392.25 | ↑ +213% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $392.25 | ↑ +213% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $418.40 | ↑ +234% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $429.33 | ↑ +243% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $442.25 | ↑ +253% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $444.55 | ↑ +255% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $445.70 | ↑ +256% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $453.44 | ↑ +262% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $484.30 | ↑ +287% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $484.30 | ↑ +287% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $484.30 | ↑ +287% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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X-ray bone length studies at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $86.52 | $23.58 – $495.13 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $126.08 | $21.25 – $238.62 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $95.61 | $21.25 – $231.28 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $90.69 | $21.25 – $237.43 |
| Childrens Specialized Hospital | Mountainside | $179.00 | $12.96 – $655.00 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $123.93 | $21.25 – $238.62 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $95.79 | $21.25 – $249.21 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $100.86 | $21.25 – $234.22 |