X-ray neck soft tissue 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

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$435.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$21.17 with HORIZON vs $402.81 with QUALCARE — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $21.17 ↓ -80%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $47.74 ↓ -54%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $47.78 ↓ -54%
AETNA PPO $51.80 ↓ -50%
AETNA HMO $51.80 ↓ -50%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $60.53 ↓ -42%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $74.39 ↓ -28%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $75.69 ↓ -27%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $78.30 ↓ -24%
CIGNA HMO $81.29 ↓ -22%
CIGNA PPO $81.29 ↓ -22%
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 $297.63 ↑ +187%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $299.54 ↑ +189%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $326.25 ↑ +215%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $326.25 ↑ +215%
HORIZON PIP $326.25 ↑ +215%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $348.00 ↑ +236%
HORIZON SHP $357.09 ↑ +244%
HORIZON HMO $367.84 ↑ +255%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $369.75 ↑ +257%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $370.71 ↑ +258%
HORIZON PPO $377.15 ↑ +264%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $402.81 ↑ +288%
QUALCARE HMO $402.81 ↑ +288%
QUALCARE PPO $402.81 ↑ +288%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

X-ray neck soft tissue at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Carrier Clinic Belle Mead $174.00 $63.08 – $63.08
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $75.83 $16.30 – $192.46
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $85.60 $21.17 – $197.58
Community Medical Center Toms River $83.78 $21.17 – $191.50
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $86.32 $21.17 – $196.59
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $131.50 $12.91 – $655.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $84.15 $16.78 – $197.58
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $83.95 $21.09 – $206.34

All New-jersey hospitals for this procedure →