Assay of procainamide w/metab 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

$16.75

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.

$55.00

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.

$7.32 with AETNA vs $76.75 with CIGNA — 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 $7.32 ↓ -56%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.75 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $16.75 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $16.75 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $16.75 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.75 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $16.75 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.59 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.92 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.26 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $20.10 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $22.28 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $34.38 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $34.38 ↑ +105%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $36.58 ↑ +118%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $36.78 ↑ +120%
AETNA PPO $37.84 ↑ +126%
AETNA HMO $37.84 ↑ +126%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $41.25 ↑ +146%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $41.25 ↑ +146%
HORIZON OMNIA $42.02 ↑ +151%
HORIZON PIP $42.57 ↑ +154%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $42.87 ↑ +156%
AETNA ASA $43.07 ↑ +157%
CIGNA BH $44.00 ↑ +163%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $44.00 ↑ +163%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $46.22 ↑ +176%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $46.75 ↑ +179%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $47.60 ↑ +184%
QUALCARE PPO $49.94 ↑ +198%
QUALCARE HMO $49.94 ↑ +198%
HORIZON SHP $51.32 ↑ +206%
HORIZON HMO $51.81 ↑ +209%
HORIZON PPO $53.13 ↑ +217%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $53.51 ↑ +219%
CIGNA HMO $76.75 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $76.75 ↑ +358%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Assay of procainamide w/metab at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $16.75 $16.75 – $76.75
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $16.75 $13.40 – $75.22
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $16.75 $16.50 – $76.75
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $16.75 $16.50 – $78.83
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $16.75 $13.40 – $76.75
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $16.75 $16.75 – $76.75
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $16.75 $16.75 – $76.75
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $16.75 $16.75 – $76.75

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