Arthrt acrmclv/strnclav jt 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

$3,594.44

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.

$6,908.00

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.

$918.76 with AETNA vs $13,893.00 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
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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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $918.76 ↓ -74%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,011.13 ↓ -72%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -67%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,243.44 ↓ -65%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,429.96 ↓ -60%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,577.00 ↓ -28%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,915.00 ↓ -19%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,594.44 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,594.44 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3,594.44 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,594.44 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,774.17 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,846.05 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,917.94 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $4,313.33 ↑ +20%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $5,181.00 ↑ +44%
HORIZON OMNIA $5,277.71 ↑ +47%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,366.00 ↑ +49%
AETNA ASA $5,408.96 ↑ +50%
CIGNA BH $5,526.40 ↑ +54%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $5,824.32 ↑ +62%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $5,871.80 ↑ +63%
QUALCARE HMO $6,079.04 ↑ +69%
QUALCARE PPO $6,079.04 ↑ +69%
CIGNA HMO $6,395.00 ↑ +78%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $6,415.00 ↑ +78%
HORIZON SHP $6,445.16 ↑ +79%
HORIZON HMO $6,507.34 ↑ +81%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $6,507.84 ↑ +81%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $6,597.14 ↑ +84%
HORIZON PIP $6,602.00 ↑ +84%
HORIZON PPO $6,673.13 ↑ +86%
CIGNA PPO $7,163.00 ↑ +99%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +134%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +134%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +176%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $11,028.00 ↑ +207%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $13,893.00 ↑ +287%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Arthrt acrmclv/strnclav jt at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $3,591.33 $3,591.33 – $4,309.59
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $3,821.05 $1,011.13 – $4,012.10
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $3,545.97 $975.53 – $4,255.16
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $3,594.44 $400.00 – $3,594.44
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $3,591.33 $975.53 – $4,309.59
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $3,821.05 $1,011.13 – $4,164.94
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $3,591.33 $975.53 – $4,309.59
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $3,545.97 $975.53 – $4,255.16

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