X-ray of mammary ducts 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

$284.66

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$751.00

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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.

$101.20 with HORIZON vs $701.81 with AMERIHEALTH — 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 $101.20 ↓ -64%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $128.42 ↓ -55%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $130.67 ↓ -54%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $133.74 ↓ -53%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $135.18 ↓ -53%
AETNA PPO $145.29 ↓ -49%
AETNA HMO $145.29 ↓ -49%
CIGNA PPO $181.32 ↓ -36%
CIGNA HMO $181.32 ↓ -36%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $284.66 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $284.66 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $284.66 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $284.66 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $284.66 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $284.66 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $298.90 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $310.28 ↑ +9%
HORIZON OMNIA $513.83 ↑ +81%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $517.14 ↑ +82%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $563.25 ↑ +98%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $563.25 ↑ +98%
HORIZON PIP $563.25 ↑ +98%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $600.80 ↑ +111%
HORIZON SHP $616.50 ↑ +117%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $623.08 ↑ +119%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $623.08 ↑ +119%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $628.81 ↑ +121%
HORIZON HMO $635.05 ↑ +123%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $638.35 ↑ +124%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $640.00 ↑ +125%
HORIZON PPO $651.12 ↑ +129%
QUALCARE HMO $695.43 ↑ +144%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $695.43 ↑ +144%
QUALCARE PPO $695.43 ↑ +144%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $701.81 ↑ +147%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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X-ray of mammary ducts at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $267.55 $153.53 – $623.08
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $284.66 $91.74 – $711.68
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $264.17 $127.32 – $264.17
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $267.78 $133.74 – $659.90
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $267.55 $127.32 – $280.93
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $267.78 $133.74 – $623.08
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $267.55 $86.39 – $623.08
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $264.17 $127.32 – $277.38

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