X-ray exam of tear duct at Palisades Medical Center
7600 River Rd., North Bergen, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1730692344
$284.66
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.
$560.00
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.
$43.53 with HORIZON vs $623.08 with OXFORD — 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 | $43.53 | ↓ -85% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $95.76 | ↓ -66% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $97.44 | ↓ -66% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $100.80 | ↓ -65% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $160.53 | ↓ -44% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $284.66 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $284.66 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $284.66 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $284.66 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $284.66 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $284.66 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $298.90 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $310.28 | ↑ +9% |
| AETNA | PPO | $352.58 | ↑ +24% |
| AETNA | HMO | $352.58 | ↑ +24% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $383.15 | ↑ +35% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $385.62 | ↑ +35% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $420.00 | ↑ +48% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $420.00 | ↑ +48% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $420.00 | ↑ +48% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $448.00 | ↑ +57% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $459.70 | ↑ +61% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $468.89 | ↑ +65% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $473.54 | ↑ +66% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $476.00 | ↑ +67% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $477.23 | ↑ +68% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $485.52 | ↑ +71% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $518.56 | ↑ +82% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $518.56 | ↑ +82% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $518.56 | ↑ +82% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $523.32 | ↑ +84% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $535.53 | ↑ +88% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $535.53 | ↑ +88% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $623.08 | ↑ +119% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $623.08 | ↑ +119% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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X-ray exam of tear duct at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $267.55 | $71.75 – $623.08 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $284.66 | $39.46 – $711.68 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $264.17 | $71.75 – $264.17 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $267.78 | $160.53 – $659.90 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $267.55 | $71.75 – $291.63 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $267.78 | $59.72 – $623.08 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $267.55 | $37.16 – $623.08 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $264.17 | $71.75 – $287.95 |