Arsenic trioxide 2 mg/ml intravenous solution 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

$5.86

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.

$275.90

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.

$4.98 with HORIZON vs $244.58 with HORIZON — 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 $4.98 ↓ -15%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.86 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $5.86 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.15 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.27 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.39 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $7.03 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.99 ↑ +258%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $27.51 ↑ +369%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $27.51 ↑ +369%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $45.57 ↑ +678%
QUALCARE HMO $94.95 ↑ +1520%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $94.95 ↑ +1520%
QUALCARE PPO $94.95 ↑ +1520%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $113.94 ↑ +1844%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $113.94 ↑ +1844%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $119.99 ↑ +1948%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $124.06 ↑ +2017%
CIGNA PPO $125.33 ↑ +2039%
CIGNA HMO $125.33 ↑ +2039%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $126.60 ↑ +2060%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $126.60 ↑ +2060%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $134.14 ↑ +2189%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $149.13 ↑ +2445%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $151.91 ↑ +2492%
AETNA PPO $154.45 ↑ +2536%
AETNA HMO $154.45 ↑ +2536%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $189.89 ↑ +3140%
HORIZON OMNIA $193.44 ↑ +3201%
HORIZON PIP $195.97 ↑ +3244%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $197.34 ↑ +3268%
AETNA ASA $198.25 ↑ +3283%
CIGNA BH $202.55 ↑ +3356%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $212.76 ↑ +3531%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $215.21 ↑ +3573%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $227.87 ↑ +3789%
HORIZON SHP $236.23 ↑ +3931%
HORIZON HMO $238.50 ↑ +3970%
HORIZON PPO $244.58 ↑ +4074%

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