Argatroban nonesrd use 1mg 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

$0.74

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.

$1.11

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.

$0.20 with CLOVER vs $2.66 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $0.20 ↓ -73%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $0.42 ↓ -43%
QUALCARE HMO $0.42 ↓ -43%
QUALCARE PPO $0.42 ↓ -43%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $0.50 ↓ -32%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $0.50 ↓ -32%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $0.53 ↓ -28%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $0.54 ↓ -27%
CIGNA HMO $0.55 ↓ -26%
CIGNA PPO $0.55 ↓ -26%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $0.56 ↓ -24%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $0.56 ↓ -24%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $0.59 ↓ -20%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $0.63 ↓ -15%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $0.65 ↓ -12%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $0.67 ↓ -9%
AETNA PPO $0.68 ↓ -8%
AETNA HMO $0.68 ↓ -8%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $0.74 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $0.74 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $0.78 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $0.79 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $0.81 ↑ +9%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $0.83 ↑ +12%
HORIZON OMNIA $0.85 ↑ +15%
HORIZON PIP $0.86 ↑ +16%
AETNA ASA $0.87 ↑ +18%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $0.87 ↑ +18%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $0.89 ↑ +20%
CIGNA BH $0.89 ↑ +20%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $0.93 ↑ +26%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $0.94 ↑ +27%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1.00 ↑ +35%
HORIZON SHP $1.04 ↑ +41%
HORIZON HMO $1.05 ↑ +42%
HORIZON PPO $1.07 ↑ +45%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1.20 ↑ +62%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $2.66 ↑ +259%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $2.66 ↑ +259%

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