C-reactive protein, quantitative 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

$10.64

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.

$135.00

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.

$10.64 with VACCN vs $131.34 with AMERIHEALTH — 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
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $10.64 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.64 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $10.64 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.64 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $10.64 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $10.64 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.17 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.38 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.60 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $12.77 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.15 ↑ +33%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $17.96 ↑ +69%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $21.84 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $21.84 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $23.36 ↑ +120%
CIGNA PPO $48.76 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $48.76 ↑ +358%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $89.78 ↑ +744%
AETNA PPO $92.88 ↑ +773%
AETNA HMO $92.88 ↑ +773%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $101.25 ↑ +852%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $101.25 ↑ +852%
HORIZON OMNIA $103.14 ↑ +869%
HORIZON PIP $104.49 ↑ +882%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $105.22 ↑ +889%
AETNA ASA $105.71 ↑ +894%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $108.00 ↑ +915%
CIGNA BH $108.00 ↑ +915%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $113.44 ↑ +966%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $114.75 ↑ +978%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $116.84 ↑ +998%
QUALCARE HMO $122.58 ↑ +1052%
QUALCARE PPO $122.58 ↑ +1052%
HORIZON SHP $125.96 ↑ +1084%
HORIZON HMO $127.17 ↑ +1095%
HORIZON PPO $130.41 ↑ +1126%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $131.34 ↑ +1134%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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C-reactive protein, quantitative at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $10.64 $10.64 – $48.76
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $10.64 $8.51 – $47.78
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $10.64 $7.26 – $48.76
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $10.64 $7.26 – $50.07
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $10.64 $8.51 – $48.76
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $10.64 $9.89 – $48.76
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $10.64 $6.93 – $48.76
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $10.64 $10.64 – $48.76

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