Aspir/inj thyroid cyst 60300 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

$779.45

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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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$1,253.00

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%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $100.41 ↓ -87%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $166.65 ↓ -79%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $225.54 ↓ -71%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $259.37 ↓ -67%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $606.70 ↓ -22%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $677.90 ↓ -13%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $779.45 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $779.45 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $779.45 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $779.45 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $818.42 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $834.01 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $849.60 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $935.34 ↑ +20%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $939.75 ↑ +21%
HORIZON OMNIA $957.29 ↑ +23%
AETNA ASA $981.10 ↑ +26%
CIGNA BH $1,002.40 ↑ +29%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,065.05 ↑ +37%
QUALCARE HMO $1,102.64 ↑ +41%
QUALCARE PPO $1,102.64 ↑ +41%
HORIZON SHP $1,169.05 ↑ +50%
HORIZON HMO $1,180.33 ↑ +51%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↑ +53%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,196.62 ↑ +54%
HORIZON PPO $1,210.40 ↑ +55%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,438.00 ↑ +213%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,915.00 ↑ +274%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $4,030.00 ↑ +417%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $5,003.00 ↑ +542%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,366.00 ↑ +588%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $6,415.00 ↑ +723%
HORIZON PIP $6,602.00 ↑ +747%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +980%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +980%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +1174%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $778.78 $778.78 – $934.53
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $828.59 $100.41 – $870.02
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $768.94 $97.74 – $922.73
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