Aqueous shunt eye without graft 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

$5,716.03

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$13,182.00

Gross charge

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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.

$1,753.21 with AETNA vs $19,497.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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

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 $1,753.21 ↓ -69%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,320.54 ↓ -59%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,372.76 ↓ -58%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,379.00 ↓ -58%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,438.00 ↓ -57%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,728.67 ↓ -52%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,915.00 ↓ -49%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,366.00 ↓ -6%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,716.03 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,716.03 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $5,716.03 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $5,716.03 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,001.83 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,116.15 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,230.47 ↑ +9%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $6,415.00 ↑ +12%
HORIZON PIP $6,602.00 ↑ +15%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $6,795.04 ↑ +19%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $6,859.24 ↑ +20%
HORIZON OMNIA $7,185.00 ↑ +26%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $7,592.48 ↑ +33%
HORIZON SHP $8,229.00 ↑ +44%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +47%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +47%
QUALCARE HMO $8,762.00 ↑ +53%
HORIZON HMO $8,876.00 ↑ +55%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $8,992.00 ↑ +57%
HORIZON PPO $9,102.00 ↑ +59%
QUALCARE PPO $9,347.00 ↑ +64%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $9,886.50 ↑ +73%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +74%
AETNA ASA $10,321.51 ↑ +81%
CIGNA BH $10,545.60 ↑ +84%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $11,204.70 ↑ +96%
CIGNA PPO $11,849.30 ↑ +107%
CIGNA HMO $11,849.30 ↑ +107%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $15,438.00 ↑ +170%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $19,497.00 ↑ +241%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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