X-ray hand 2 views (both sides) 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

$125.23

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.

$550.00

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.

$18.04 with HORIZON vs $509.30 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.

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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 $18.04 ↓ -86%
AETNA PPO $47.08 ↓ -62%
AETNA HMO $47.08 ↓ -62%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $53.71 ↓ -57%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $53.75 ↓ -57%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $61.31 ↓ -51%
CIGNA PPO $82.54 ↓ -34%
CIGNA HMO $82.54 ↓ -34%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $94.05 ↓ -25%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $95.70 ↓ -24%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $99.00 ↓ -21%
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 $376.31 ↑ +200%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $378.73 ↑ +202%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $412.50 ↑ +229%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $412.50 ↑ +229%
HORIZON PIP $412.50 ↑ +229%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $440.00 ↑ +251%
HORIZON SHP $451.50 ↑ +261%
HORIZON HMO $465.08 ↑ +271%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $467.50 ↑ +273%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $468.71 ↑ +274%
HORIZON PPO $476.85 ↑ +281%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $509.30 ↑ +307%
QUALCARE HMO $509.30 ↑ +307%
QUALCARE PPO $509.30 ↑ +307%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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X-ray hand 2 views (both sides) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Carrier Clinic Belle Mead $220.00 $79.75 – $79.75
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $343.00 $11.00 – $655.00
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $117.70 $36.37 – $295.04
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $125.23 $16.35 – $336.99
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $116.22 $36.37 – $116.22
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $117.81 $48.02 – $312.47
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $117.70 $36.37 – $123.59
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $117.81 $24.75 – $295.04

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