Albumin serum plasma or whole blood 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

$4.95

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.

$408.00

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.

$4.95 with VACCN vs $43.78 with AMERIHEALTH — 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
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $4.95 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.95 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $4.95 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.95 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $4.95 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $4.95 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.20 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.30 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.40 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $5.94 ↑ +20%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $5.99 ↑ +21%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.58 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $10.16 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10.16 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $10.87 ↑ +120%
CIGNA PPO $22.68 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $22.68 ↑ +358%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $29.93 ↑ +505%
AETNA PPO $30.96 ↑ +525%
AETNA HMO $30.96 ↑ +525%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $33.75 ↑ +582%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $33.75 ↑ +582%
HORIZON OMNIA $34.38 ↑ +595%
HORIZON PIP $34.83 ↑ +604%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $35.07 ↑ +608%
AETNA ASA $35.24 ↑ +612%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $36.00 ↑ +627%
CIGNA BH $36.00 ↑ +627%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $37.81 ↑ +664%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $38.25 ↑ +673%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $38.95 ↑ +687%
QUALCARE HMO $40.86 ↑ +725%
QUALCARE PPO $40.86 ↑ +725%
HORIZON SHP $41.99 ↑ +748%
HORIZON HMO $42.39 ↑ +756%
HORIZON PPO $43.47 ↑ +778%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $43.78 ↑ +784%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $4.95 $4.95 – $22.68
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $4.95 $2.68 – $22.23
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $4.95 $1.98 – $22.68
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $4.95 $1.98 – $23.30
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $4.95 $3.96 – $22.68
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $4.95 $2.95 – $22.68
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $4.95 $2.07 – $22.68
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $4.95 $4.95 – $22.68

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