Brain image < 4 views at Raritan Bay Medical Center
530 New Brunswick Avenue, Perth Amboy, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297455
$445.16
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.
$1,068.00
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.
$142.04 with AETNA vs $1,031.69 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.
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 | $142.04 | ↓ -68% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $148.50 | ↓ -67% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $192.24 | ↓ -57% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $215.07 | ↓ -52% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $221.08 | ↓ -50% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $266.54 | ↓ -40% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $268.72 | ↓ -40% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $328.75 | ↓ -26% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $445.16 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $445.16 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $445.16 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $445.16 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $467.41 | ↑ +5% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $476.32 | ↑ +7% |
| AETNA | HMO | $476.58 | ↑ +7% |
| AETNA | PPO | $476.58 | ↑ +7% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $485.22 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $534.19 | ↑ +20% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $589.47 | ↑ +32% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $589.47 | ↑ +32% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $589.54 | ↑ +32% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $770.03 | ↑ +73% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $770.03 | ↑ +73% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $801.00 | ↑ +80% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $801.00 | ↑ +80% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $815.95 | ↑ +83% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $826.63 | ↑ +86% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $832.40 | ↑ +87% |
| AETNA | ASA | $836.24 | ↑ +88% |
| CIGNA | BH | $854.40 | ↑ +92% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $897.44 | ↑ +102% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $907.80 | ↑ +104% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $961.20 | ↑ +116% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $996.44 | ↑ +124% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $1,006.06 | ↑ +126% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $1,021.05 | ↑ +129% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,021.05 | ↑ +129% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $1,031.69 | ↑ +132% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $444.77 | $215.07 – $1,021.05 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $473.22 | $98.12 – $1,166.24 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $439.15 | $215.07 – $1,021.05 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $445.16 | $238.34 – $1,081.39 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $444.77 | $215.07 – $1,158.70 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $473.22 | $108.24 – $1,021.05 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $444.77 | $92.40 – $1,021.05 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $439.15 | $215.07 – $589.47 |