Bx/exc lymph node/open/deep cervic 38510 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

$4,242.15

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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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$7,191.00

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.

$213.50 with HORIZON vs $10,156.00 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.

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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

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 $213.50 ↓ -95%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $892.12 ↓ -79%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $956.40 ↓ -77%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,114.61 ↓ -74%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -72%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,294.38 ↓ -69%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,488.54 ↓ -65%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,915.00 ↓ -31%
CIGNA HMO $2,981.00 ↓ -30%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $3,154.84 ↓ -26%
CIGNA PPO $3,336.00 ↓ -21%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $3,525.08 ↓ -17%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,242.15 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,242.15 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $4,242.15 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $4,242.15 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,454.26 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,539.10 ↑ +7%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $5,090.58 ↑ +20%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,366.00 ↑ +26%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $5,393.25 ↑ +27%
HORIZON OMNIA $5,493.92 ↑ +30%
AETNA ASA $5,630.55 ↑ +33%
CIGNA BH $5,752.80 ↑ +36%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $6,112.35 ↑ +44%
QUALCARE PPO $6,328.08 ↑ +49%
QUALCARE HMO $6,328.08 ↑ +49%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $6,415.00 ↑ +51%
HORIZON PIP $6,602.00 ↑ +56%
HORIZON SHP $6,709.20 ↑ +58%
HORIZON HMO $6,773.92 ↑ +60%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $6,867.41 ↑ +62%
HORIZON PPO $6,946.51 ↑ +64%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,086.00 ↑ +91%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +98%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +98%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +134%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,156.00 ↑ +139%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Bx/exc lymph node/open/deep cervic 38510 at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $4,238.48 $4,238.48 – $5,086.17
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $4,509.59 $892.12 – $4,735.07
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $4,184.94 $866.27 – $5,829.14
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $4,242.15 $170.80 – $5,829.14
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $4,238.48 $866.27 – $5,086.17
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $4,509.59 $168.24 – $4,915.45
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $4,238.48 $866.27 – $5,086.17
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $4,184.94 $866.27 – $5,021.93

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