Cardiac MRI w/stress img at Raritan Bay Medical Center
530 New Brunswick Avenue, Perth Amboy, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297455
$607.42
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.
$1,784.00
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.
$237.27 with AETNA vs $4,332.00 with BERGEN RISK — 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 | $237.27 | ↓ -61% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $321.12 | ↓ -47% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $369.29 | ↓ -39% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $607.42 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $607.42 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $607.42 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $607.42 | ↑ +0% |
| AETNA | HMO | $628.53 | ↑ +3% |
| AETNA | PPO | $628.53 | ↑ +3% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $637.79 | ↑ +5% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $649.94 | ↑ +7% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $662.09 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $728.90 | ↑ +20% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $739.68 | ↑ +22% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $836.43 | ↑ +38% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $836.43 | ↑ +38% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $951.00 | ↑ +57% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,060.00 | ↑ +75% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $1,094.00 | ↑ +80% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $1,102.96 | ↑ +82% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $1,174.63 | ↑ +93% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,174.63 | ↑ +93% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,230.96 | ↑ +103% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $1,362.98 | ↑ +124% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $1,380.82 | ↑ +127% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $1,390.45 | ↑ +129% |
| AETNA | ASA | $1,396.87 | ↑ +130% |
| CIGNA | BH | $1,427.20 | ↑ +135% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $1,499.10 | ↑ +147% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,516.40 | ↑ +150% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $1,664.47 | ↑ +174% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $1,680.53 | ↑ +177% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $1,723.34 | ↑ +184% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $1,947.00 | ↑ +221% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $2,921.00 | ↑ +381% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $2,921.00 | ↑ +381% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,332.00 | ↑ +613% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Cardiac MRI w/stress img at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $606.89 | $606.89 – $4,332.00 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $645.71 | $446.01 – $4,332.00 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $599.23 | $548.30 – $4,332.00 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $607.42 | $548.30 – $4,332.00 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $606.89 | $606.89 – $4,332.00 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $645.71 | $492.00 – $4,332.00 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $606.89 | $606.89 – $4,332.00 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $599.23 | $599.23 – $4,332.00 |