X-ray xm phrnx&/crv esoph c+ 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

$209.65

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.

$463.00

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.

$45.92 with HORIZON vs $483.42 with OXFORD — 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 $45.92 ↓ -78%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $79.17 ↓ -62%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $80.56 ↓ -62%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $83.34 ↓ -60%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $121.33 ↓ -42%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $121.44 ↓ -42%
AETNA PPO $157.56 ↓ -25%
AETNA HMO $157.56 ↓ -25%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $182.76 ↓ -13%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $209.65 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $209.65 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $209.65 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $209.65 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $209.65 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $209.65 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $220.13 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $228.52 ↑ +9%
CIGNA HMO $255.42 ↑ +22%
CIGNA PPO $255.42 ↑ +22%
HORIZON OMNIA $316.78 ↑ +51%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $318.82 ↑ +52%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $347.25 ↑ +66%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $347.25 ↑ +66%
HORIZON PIP $347.25 ↑ +66%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $370.40 ↑ +77%
HORIZON SHP $380.08 ↑ +81%
HORIZON HMO $391.51 ↑ +87%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $393.55 ↑ +88%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $394.57 ↑ +88%
HORIZON PPO $401.42 ↑ +91%
QUALCARE PPO $428.74 ↑ +105%
QUALCARE HMO $428.74 ↑ +105%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $428.74 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $483.42 ↑ +131%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $483.42 ↑ +131%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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X-ray xm phrnx&/crv esoph c+ at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $197.04 $89.00 – $483.42
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $209.65 $41.63 – $552.17
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $194.55 $89.00 – $255.42
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $197.21 $108.50 – $511.99
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $197.04 $89.00 – $255.42
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $197.21 $63.00 – $483.42
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $197.04 $39.20 – $483.42
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $194.55 $89.00 – $255.42

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