Cell count w differential body fluid 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

$5.60

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.

$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.

$5.60 with SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP vs $139.12 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
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $5.60 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $5.60 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $5.60 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $5.60 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.60 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.60 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.88 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.99 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.10 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $6.72 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $11.49 ↑ +105%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $11.49 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $12.10 ↑ +116%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $19.02 ↑ +240%
CIGNA PPO $25.66 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $25.66 ↑ +358%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $95.10 ↑ +1598%
AETNA HMO $98.38 ↑ +1657%
AETNA PPO $98.38 ↑ +1657%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $107.25 ↑ +1815%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $107.25 ↑ +1815%
HORIZON OMNIA $109.25 ↑ +1851%
HORIZON PIP $110.68 ↑ +1876%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $111.45 ↑ +1890%
AETNA ASA $111.97 ↑ +1899%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $114.40 ↑ +1943%
CIGNA BH $114.40 ↑ +1943%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $120.16 ↑ +2046%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $121.55 ↑ +2071%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $123.77 ↑ +2110%
QUALCARE PPO $129.84 ↑ +2219%
QUALCARE HMO $129.84 ↑ +2219%
HORIZON SHP $133.42 ↑ +2283%
HORIZON HMO $134.71 ↑ +2306%
HORIZON PPO $138.14 ↑ +2367%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $139.12 ↑ +2384%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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