Bone Density Scan (DEXA) 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

$117.81

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.

$935.00

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.

$75.52 with KARNA vs $903.21 with HORIZON — 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $75.52 ↓ -36%
AETNA PPO $86.67 ↓ -26%
AETNA HMO $86.67 ↓ -26%
CIGNA HMO $102.29 ↓ -13%
CIGNA PPO $102.29 ↓ -13%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $117.81 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $117.81 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $117.81 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $117.81 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $123.70 ↑ +5%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $124.36 ↑ +6%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $126.05 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $128.41 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $141.37 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $144.19 ↑ +22%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $153.16 ↑ +30%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $154.42 ↑ +31%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $168.30 ↑ +43%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $193.55 ↑ +64%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $295.04 ↑ +150%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $295.04 ↑ +150%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $516.12 ↑ +338%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $561.00 ↑ +376%
QUALCARE PPO $674.14 ↑ +472%
QUALCARE HMO $674.14 ↑ +472%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $701.25 ↑ +495%
HORIZON OMNIA $714.34 ↑ +506%
HORIZON PIP $723.69 ↑ +514%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $728.74 ↑ +519%
AETNA ASA $732.11 ↑ +521%
CIGNA BH $748.00 ↑ +535%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $748.00 ↑ +535%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $785.68 ↑ +567%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $794.75 ↑ +575%
HORIZON SHP $872.36 ↑ +640%
HORIZON HMO $880.77 ↑ +648%
HORIZON PPO $903.21 ↑ +667%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Bone Density Scan (DEXA) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $117.70 $86.67 – $295.04
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $125.23 $75.52 – $336.99
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $116.22 $71.80 – $153.16
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $117.81 $75.52 – $312.47
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $117.70 $71.80 – $150.51
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $125.23 $75.52 – $295.04
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $117.70 $71.80 – $295.04
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $116.22 $71.80 – $153.16

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