Application clubfoot cast 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

$174.80

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.

$367.00

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.

$0.01 with CIGNA vs $9,933.00 with BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN — 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
CIGNA PPO $0.01 ↓ -100%
CIGNA HMO $0.01 ↓ -100%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $48.81 ↓ -72%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $66.06 ↓ -62%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $75.97 ↓ -57%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $174.80 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $174.80 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $174.80 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $174.80 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $183.54 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $187.04 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $190.54 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $209.76 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $238.12 ↑ +36%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $275.25 ↑ +57%
HORIZON OMNIA $280.39 ↑ +60%
AETNA ASA $287.36 ↑ +64%
CIGNA BH $293.60 ↑ +68%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $311.95 ↑ +78%
QUALCARE PPO $322.96 ↑ +85%
QUALCARE HMO $322.96 ↑ +85%
HORIZON SHP $342.41 ↑ +96%
HORIZON HMO $345.71 ↑ +98%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $350.49 ↑ +101%
HORIZON PPO $354.52 ↑ +103%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $606.70 ↑ +247%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $677.90 ↑ +288%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↑ +580%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,438.00 ↑ +1295%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $2,761.00 ↑ +1480%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,915.00 ↑ +1568%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $3,392.00 ↑ +1841%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,366.00 ↑ +2970%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $6,415.00 ↑ +3570%
HORIZON PIP $6,602.00 ↑ +3677%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +4716%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +4716%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +5582%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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