Apheresis platelets 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

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.

$5,865.00

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.

$122.50 with HORIZON vs $5,706.06 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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $122.50 ↓ -75%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $220.90 ↓ -54%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $484.32 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $484.32 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $484.32 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $484.32 ↑ +0%
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%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $780.05 ↑ +61%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,055.70 ↑ +118%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,214.06 ↑ +151%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $3,172.97 ↑ +555%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $3,172.97 ↑ +555%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,454.49 ↑ +613%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $3,900.23 ↑ +705%
AETNA HMO $4,035.12 ↑ +733%
AETNA PPO $4,035.12 ↑ +733%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $4,398.75 ↑ +808%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $4,398.75 ↑ +808%
HORIZON OMNIA $4,480.86 ↑ +825%
HORIZON PIP $4,539.51 ↑ +837%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $4,571.18 ↑ +844%
AETNA ASA $4,592.30 ↑ +848%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $4,692.00 ↑ +869%
CIGNA BH $4,692.00 ↑ +869%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $4,928.36 ↑ +918%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $4,985.25 ↑ +929%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $5,076.16 ↑ +948%
CIGNA PPO $5,272.05 ↑ +989%
CIGNA HMO $5,272.05 ↑ +989%
QUALCARE PPO $5,325.42 ↑ +1000%
QUALCARE HMO $5,325.42 ↑ +1000%
HORIZON SHP $5,472.05 ↑ +1030%
HORIZON HMO $5,524.83 ↑ +1041%
HORIZON PPO $5,665.59 ↑ +1070%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $5,706.06 ↑ +1078%
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 $220.90 – $4,221.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $477.79 $104.00 – $3,128.00
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