Blood split unit at Raritan Bay Medical Center
530 New Brunswick Avenue, Perth Amboy, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297455
$157.09
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.
$451.00
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.
$59.98 with AETNA vs $3,075.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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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| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $59.98 | ↓ -62% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $81.18 | ↓ -48% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $93.36 | ↓ -41% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $130.83 | ↓ -17% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $157.09 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $157.09 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $157.09 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $157.09 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $164.94 | ↑ +5% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $168.09 | ↑ +7% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $171.23 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $188.51 | ↑ +20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $265.64 | ↑ +69% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $299.92 | ↑ +91% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $338.25 | ↑ +115% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $338.25 | ↑ +115% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $344.56 | ↑ +119% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $349.07 | ↑ +122% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $351.51 | ↑ +124% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $353.00 | ↑ +125% |
| AETNA | ASA | $353.13 | ↑ +125% |
| CIGNA | BH | $360.80 | ↑ +130% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $378.98 | ↑ +141% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $383.35 | ↑ +144% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $390.34 | ↑ +148% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $405.90 | ↑ +158% |
| AETNA | PPO | $405.90 | ↑ +158% |
| AETNA | HMO | $405.90 | ↑ +158% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $409.51 | ↑ +161% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $409.51 | ↑ +161% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $420.78 | ↑ +168% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $424.84 | ↑ +170% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $431.29 | ↑ +175% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $431.29 | ↑ +175% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $435.67 | ↑ +177% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $438.78 | ↑ +179% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $3,075.00 | ↑ +1857% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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|---|---|---|---|
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $157.09 | $130.83 – $382.00 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $156.95 | $128.12 – $380.00 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $166.99 | $130.83 – $907.00 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $156.95 | $128.12 – $361.00 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $154.97 | $128.12 – $359.00 |