X-ray sternoclavicular joint(s) > 3 views 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

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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.

$528.00

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.

$32.80 with HORIZON vs $488.93 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 $32.80 ↓ -68%
AETNA HMO $65.04 ↓ -37%
AETNA PPO $65.04 ↓ -37%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $73.60 ↓ -29%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $73.66 ↓ -29%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $80.00 ↓ -23%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $90.29 ↓ -13%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $91.87 ↓ -11%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $95.04 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $103.69 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.69 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.69 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.69 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $103.69 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.69 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $108.88 ↑ +5%
CIGNA PPO $110.95 ↑ +7%
CIGNA HMO $110.95 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $113.03 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $219.04 ↑ +111%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $219.04 ↑ +111%
HORIZON OMNIA $361.26 ↑ +248%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $363.58 ↑ +251%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $396.00 ↑ +282%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $396.00 ↑ +282%
HORIZON PIP $396.00 ↑ +282%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $422.40 ↑ +307%
HORIZON SHP $433.44 ↑ +318%
HORIZON HMO $446.48 ↑ +331%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $448.80 ↑ +333%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $449.96 ↑ +334%
HORIZON PPO $457.78 ↑ +341%
QUALCARE HMO $488.93 ↑ +372%
QUALCARE PPO $488.93 ↑ +372%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $488.93 ↑ +372%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $146.21 $21.52 – $192.46
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