Assay of lap enzyme 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

$9.81

Cash price

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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.

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$57.00

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.

$7.58 with AETNA vs $55.46 with AMERIHEALTH — 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 $7.58 ↓ -23%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $9.81 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $9.81 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $9.81 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $9.81 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.81 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.81 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.30 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.50 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.69 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $11.77 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.05 ↑ +33%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $20.11 ↑ +105%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $20.14 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $20.14 ↑ +105%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $37.91 ↑ +286%
AETNA PPO $39.22 ↑ +300%
AETNA HMO $39.22 ↑ +300%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $42.75 ↑ +336%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $42.75 ↑ +336%
HORIZON OMNIA $43.55 ↑ +344%
HORIZON PIP $44.12 ↑ +350%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $44.43 ↑ +353%
AETNA ASA $44.63 ↑ +355%
CIGNA PPO $44.95 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $44.95 ↑ +358%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $45.60 ↑ +365%
CIGNA BH $45.60 ↑ +365%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $47.90 ↑ +388%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $48.45 ↑ +394%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $49.33 ↑ +403%
QUALCARE PPO $51.76 ↑ +428%
QUALCARE HMO $51.76 ↑ +428%
HORIZON SHP $53.18 ↑ +442%
HORIZON HMO $53.69 ↑ +447%
HORIZON PPO $55.06 ↑ +461%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $55.46 ↑ +465%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $9.81 $9.81 – $44.95
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $9.81 $3.43 – $44.05
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $9.81 $2.31 – $44.95
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Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $9.81 $3.79 – $44.95
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $9.81 $2.66 – $44.95
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