X-ray lumbosacral spine complete including bending views >= 6 views 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.
$990.00
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.
$45.92 with HORIZON vs $916.74 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 | $45.92 | ↓ -63% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $118.87 | ↓ -5% |
| AETNA | PPO | $120.74 | ↓ -4% |
| AETNA | HMO | $120.74 | ↓ -4% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $121.33 | ↓ -3% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $121.44 | ↓ -3% |
| 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% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $169.29 | ↑ +35% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $170.22 | ↑ +36% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $170.22 | ↑ +36% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $172.26 | ↑ +38% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $178.20 | ↑ +42% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $295.04 | ↑ +136% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $295.04 | ↑ +136% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $677.36 | ↑ +441% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $681.71 | ↑ +444% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $742.50 | ↑ +493% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $742.50 | ↑ +493% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $742.50 | ↑ +493% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $792.00 | ↑ +532% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $812.69 | ↑ +549% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $837.14 | ↑ +568% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $841.50 | ↑ +572% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $843.68 | ↑ +574% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $858.33 | ↑ +585% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $916.74 | ↑ +632% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $916.74 | ↑ +632% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $916.74 | ↑ +632% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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X-ray lumbosacral spine complete including bending views >= 6 views at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $159.92 | $31.97 – $244.70 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $180.53 | $45.92 – $244.70 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $176.70 | $45.92 – $244.70 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $169.46 | $45.92 – $244.70 |
| Childrens Specialized Hospital | Mountainside | $234.00 | $28.00 – $655.00 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $177.47 | $32.91 – $244.70 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $177.04 | $41.37 – $249.21 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $186.41 | $45.92 – $244.70 |