Ankle X-ray at Raritan Bay Medical Center
530 New Brunswick Avenue, Perth Amboy, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297455
$97.54
Cash price 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.
$633.00
Gross charge 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.
$34.20 with HORIZON vs $611.48 with HORIZON — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $34.20 | ↓ -65% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $39.24 | ↓ -60% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $57.68 | ↓ -41% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $58.16 | ↓ -40% |
| AETNA | HMO | $63.73 | ↓ -35% |
| AETNA | PPO | $63.73 | ↓ -35% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $71.11 | ↓ -27% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $84.19 | ↓ -14% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $97.54 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $97.54 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $97.54 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $97.54 | ↑ +0% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $101.05 | ↑ +4% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $101.05 | ↑ +4% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $102.42 | ↑ +5% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $104.37 | ↑ +7% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $106.32 | ↑ +9% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $113.94 | ↑ +17% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $117.05 | ↑ +20% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $131.03 | ↑ +34% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $219.04 | ↑ +125% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $219.04 | ↑ +125% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $349.42 | ↑ +258% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $379.80 | ↑ +289% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $456.39 | ↑ +368% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $456.39 | ↑ +368% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $474.75 | ↑ +387% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $483.61 | ↑ +396% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $489.94 | ↑ +402% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $493.36 | ↑ +406% |
| AETNA | ASA | $495.64 | ↑ +408% |
| CIGNA | BH | $506.40 | ↑ +419% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $506.40 | ↑ +419% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $531.91 | ↑ +445% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $538.05 | ↑ +452% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $590.59 | ↑ +505% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $596.29 | ↑ +511% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $611.48 | ↑ +527% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Ankle X-ray at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrier Clinic | Belle Mead | $253.20 | $91.79 – $91.79 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $97.46 | $39.24 – $219.04 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $103.69 | $22.60 – $250.18 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $96.23 | $39.24 – $101.05 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $97.54 | $51.58 – $231.98 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $97.46 | $39.24 – $102.33 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $103.69 | $24.93 – $219.04 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $97.46 | $21.28 – $219.04 |