Amniocentesis therapeutic 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

$336.99

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$1,175.00

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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.

$156.28 with AETNA vs $8,419.00 with AETNA — 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

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 $156.28 ↓ -54%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $200.05 ↓ -41%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $211.50 ↓ -37%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $243.23 ↓ -28%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $336.99 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $336.99 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $336.99 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $336.99 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $353.84 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $360.58 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $367.32 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $375.12 ↑ +11%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $404.39 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $692.08 ↑ +105%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $724.27 ↑ +115%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $881.25 ↑ +162%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $881.25 ↑ +162%
AETNA ASA $920.03 ↑ +173%
CIGNA BH $940.00 ↑ +179%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $956.80 ↑ +184%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $998.75 ↑ +196%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,057.50 ↑ +214%
QUALCARE HMO $1,066.90 ↑ +217%
QUALCARE PPO $1,066.90 ↑ +217%
CIGNA HMO $1,123.65 ↑ +233%
CIGNA PPO $1,123.65 ↑ +233%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,456.08 ↑ +332%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,626.96 ↑ +383%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,366.00 ↑ +1492%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $6,415.00 ↑ +1804%
HORIZON OMNIA $6,440.00 ↑ +1811%
HORIZON PIP $6,602.00 ↑ +1859%
HORIZON SHP $7,445.00 ↑ +2109%
HORIZON HMO $7,956.00 ↑ +2261%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $8,061.00 ↑ +2292%
HORIZON PPO $8,159.00 ↑ +2321%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +2398%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +2398%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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