Appl modality 1/> areas paraffin bath 97018 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

$7.89

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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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$105.00

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.

$7.89 with AMERIGROUP vs $471.00 with OXFORD — 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
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $7.89 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $7.89 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.28 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.44 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.60 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $9.47 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.92 ↑ +26%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $13.97 ↑ +77%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.90 ↑ +140%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $21.74 ↑ +176%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $60.00 ↑ +660%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $61.85 ↑ +684%
AETNA PPO $76.37 ↑ +868%
AETNA HMO $76.37 ↑ +868%
HORIZON OMNIA $80.22 ↑ +917%
HORIZON PIP $81.27 ↑ +930%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $81.84 ↑ +937%
AETNA ASA $82.22 ↑ +942%
CIGNA BH $84.00 ↑ +965%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $88.23 ↑ +1018%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $89.25 ↑ +1031%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $90.00 ↑ +1041%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $90.88 ↑ +1052%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $94.50 ↑ +1098%
HORIZON SHP $97.97 ↑ +1142%
HORIZON HMO $98.91 ↑ +1154%
CIGNA PPO $100.41 ↑ +1173%
CIGNA HMO $100.41 ↑ +1173%
HORIZON PPO $101.43 ↑ +1186%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $102.15 ↑ +1195%
QUALCARE HMO $156.00 ↑ +1877%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $166.00 ↑ +2004%
QUALCARE PPO $166.00 ↑ +2004%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $224.00 ↑ +2739%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $224.00 ↑ +2739%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $291.00 ↑ +3588%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $374.00 ↑ +4640%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $471.00 ↑ +5870%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
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