Block brachial plexus w/cath plmt w/img at Raritan Bay Medical Center
530 New Brunswick Avenue, Perth Amboy, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297455
$986.28
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.
$2,328.00
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.
$158.42 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 | $158.42 | ↓ -84% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $309.62 | ↓ -69% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $419.04 | ↓ -58% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $481.90 | ↓ -51% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $986.28 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $986.28 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $986.28 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $986.28 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,035.60 | ↑ +5% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,055.32 | ↑ +7% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,075.05 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $1,183.54 | ↑ +20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,189.00 | ↑ +21% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $1,456.08 | ↑ +48% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $1,626.96 | ↑ +65% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,746.00 | ↑ +77% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $1,778.59 | ↑ +80% |
| AETNA | ASA | $1,822.82 | ↑ +85% |
| CIGNA | BH | $1,862.40 | ↑ +89% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,978.80 | ↑ +101% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $2,048.64 | ↑ +108% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $2,048.64 | ↑ +108% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $2,139.00 | ↑ +117% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $2,172.02 | ↑ +120% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $2,192.98 | ↑ +122% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $2,223.24 | ↑ +125% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $2,248.85 | ↑ +128% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $2,396.00 | ↑ +143% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $2,438.00 | ↑ +147% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,915.00 | ↑ +196% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,030.00 | ↑ +309% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $5,003.00 | ↑ +407% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $5,366.00 | ↑ +444% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $6,415.00 | ↑ +550% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $6,602.00 | ↑ +569% |
| AETNA | PPO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +754% |
| AETNA | HMO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +754% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,933.00 | ↑ +907% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Block brachial plexus w/cath plmt w/img at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $985.43 | $985.43 – $1,182.51 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $1,048.46 | $158.42 – $1,100.88 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $972.98 | $154.82 – $1,167.58 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $986.28 | $158.42 – $986.28 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $985.43 | $154.82 – $1,182.51 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $1,048.46 | $158.42 – $1,142.82 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $985.43 | $154.82 – $1,182.51 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $972.98 | $154.82 – $1,167.58 |