Brain image w/flow 4 + views 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

$596.31

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.

$2,143.00

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.

$210.38 with HORIZON vs $2,070.14 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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $210.38 ↓ -65%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $285.02 ↓ -52%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $290.27 ↓ -51%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $385.74 ↓ -35%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $397.82 ↓ -33%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $401.08 ↓ -33%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $443.60 ↓ -26%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $589.53 ↓ -1%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $596.31 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $596.31 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $596.31 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $596.31 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $626.12 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $638.05 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $649.97 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $715.57 ↑ +20%
AETNA HMO $873.60 ↑ +47%
AETNA PPO $873.60 ↑ +47%
CIGNA HMO $1,093.12 ↑ +83%
CIGNA PPO $1,093.12 ↑ +83%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,182.94 ↑ +98%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,325.05 ↑ +122%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,325.05 ↑ +122%
QUALCARE PPO $1,545.10 ↑ +159%
QUALCARE HMO $1,545.10 ↑ +159%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,607.25 ↑ +170%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,607.25 ↑ +170%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,637.25 ↑ +175%
HORIZON PIP $1,658.68 ↑ +178%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $1,670.25 ↑ +180%
AETNA ASA $1,677.97 ↑ +181%
CIGNA BH $1,714.40 ↑ +188%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,800.76 ↑ +202%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,821.55 ↑ +205%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,928.70 ↑ +223%
HORIZON SHP $1,999.42 ↑ +235%
HORIZON HMO $2,018.71 ↑ +239%
HORIZON PPO $2,070.14 ↑ +247%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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