Biopsy skin incisional single lesion at Raritan Bay Medical Center
530 New Brunswick Avenue, Perth Amboy, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297455
$678.13
Cash price 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.
$1,192.00
Gross charge 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.
$118.75 with KARNA 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $118.75 | ↓ -82% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $158.54 | ↓ -77% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $214.56 | ↓ -68% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $246.74 | ↓ -64% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $606.70 | ↓ -11% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $677.90 | ↓ -0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $678.13 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $678.13 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $678.13 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $678.13 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $712.04 | ↑ +5% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $725.60 | ↑ +7% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $739.16 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $813.76 | ↑ +20% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $894.00 | ↑ +32% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $910.69 | ↑ +34% |
| AETNA | ASA | $933.34 | ↑ +38% |
| CIGNA | BH | $953.60 | ↑ +41% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,013.20 | ↑ +49% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $1,048.96 | ↑ +55% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $1,048.96 | ↑ +55% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $1,112.14 | ↑ +64% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $1,122.86 | ↑ +66% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $1,138.36 | ↑ +68% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $1,151.47 | ↑ +70% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,189.00 | ↑ +75% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $2,139.00 | ↑ +215% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $2,396.00 | ↑ +253% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $2,438.00 | ↑ +260% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,915.00 | ↑ +330% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,030.00 | ↑ +494% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $5,003.00 | ↑ +638% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $5,366.00 | ↑ +691% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $6,415.00 | ↑ +846% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $6,602.00 | ↑ +874% |
| AETNA | PPO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +1142% |
| AETNA | HMO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +1142% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,933.00 | ↑ +1365% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Biopsy skin incisional single lesion at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $677.54 | $677.54 – $813.05 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $720.88 | $118.75 – $756.93 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $668.98 | $115.33 – $802.78 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $678.13 | $118.75 – $678.13 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $677.54 | $115.33 – $813.05 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $720.88 | $118.75 – $785.76 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $677.54 | $115.33 – $813.05 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $668.98 | $115.33 – $802.78 |