X-ray exam of femur 1 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

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$337.00

Gross charge

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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.

$25.27 with HORIZON vs $312.06 with QUALCARE — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $25.27 ↓ -76%
AETNA PPO $51.80 ↓ -50%
AETNA HMO $51.80 ↓ -50%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $56.71 ↓ -45%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $57.63 ↓ -44%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $58.64 ↓ -43%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $60.66 ↓ -41%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $63.65 ↓ -39%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $63.71 ↓ -39%
CIGNA HMO $76.36 ↓ -26%
CIGNA PPO $76.36 ↓ -26%
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 $230.58 ↑ +122%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $232.06 ↑ +124%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $252.75 ↑ +144%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $252.75 ↑ +144%
HORIZON PIP $252.75 ↑ +144%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $269.60 ↑ +160%
HORIZON SHP $276.64 ↑ +167%
HORIZON HMO $284.97 ↑ +175%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $286.45 ↑ +176%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $287.19 ↑ +177%
HORIZON PPO $292.18 ↑ +182%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $312.06 ↑ +201%
QUALCARE HMO $312.06 ↑ +201%
QUALCARE PPO $312.06 ↑ +201%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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