Ablation cryo retro lymph node at Raritan Bay Medical Center

530 New Brunswick Avenue, Perth Amboy, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297455

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Dec 31, 2025 · Ingested Sep 4, 2026

$484.32

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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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$2,373.00

Gross charge

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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.

$315.61 with AETNA vs $9,933.00 with BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN — 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $315.61 ↓ -35%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $427.14 ↓ -12%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $484.32 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $484.32 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $484.32 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $484.32 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $491.21 ↑ +1%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $508.53 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $518.22 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $527.91 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $581.18 ↑ +20%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $606.70 ↑ +25%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $677.90 ↑ +40%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↑ +145%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,779.75 ↑ +267%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,812.97 ↑ +274%
AETNA ASA $1,858.06 ↑ +284%
CIGNA BH $1,898.40 ↑ +292%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $2,017.05 ↑ +316%
QUALCARE PPO $2,088.24 ↑ +331%
QUALCARE HMO $2,088.24 ↑ +331%
CIGNA HMO $2,133.09 ↑ +340%
CIGNA PPO $2,133.09 ↑ +340%
HORIZON SHP $2,214.01 ↑ +357%
HORIZON HMO $2,235.37 ↑ +362%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $2,266.22 ↑ +368%
HORIZON PPO $2,292.32 ↑ +373%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,438.00 ↑ +403%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $2,761.00 ↑ +470%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,915.00 ↑ +502%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $3,392.00 ↑ +600%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,366.00 ↑ +1008%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $6,415.00 ↑ +1225%
HORIZON PIP $6,602.00 ↑ +1263%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +1638%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +1638%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +1951%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $483.90 $483.90 – $580.68
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $514.85 $411.88 – $540.59
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $477.79 $437.18 – $573.34
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Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $483.90 $483.90 – $580.68
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