Cell marker study at Raritan Bay Medical Center
530 New Brunswick Avenue, Perth Amboy, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297455
$59.19
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.
$968.00
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.
$59.19 with WELLCARE vs $941.77 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.
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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| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $59.19 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $59.19 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $59.19 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $59.19 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $62.15 | ↑ +5% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $63.33 | ↑ +7% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $64.52 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $71.03 | ↑ +20% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $102.13 | ↑ +73% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $102.13 | ↑ +73% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $120.89 | ↑ +104% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $128.74 | ↑ +118% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $200.38 | ↑ +239% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $324.12 | ↑ +448% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $643.72 | ↑ +988% |
| AETNA | HMO | $665.98 | ↑ +1025% |
| AETNA | PPO | $665.98 | ↑ +1025% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $726.00 | ↑ +1127% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $726.00 | ↑ +1127% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $739.55 | ↑ +1149% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $749.23 | ↑ +1166% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $754.46 | ↑ +1175% |
| AETNA | ASA | $757.94 | ↑ +1181% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $774.40 | ↑ +1208% |
| CIGNA | BH | $774.40 | ↑ +1208% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $813.41 | ↑ +1274% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $822.80 | ↑ +1290% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $837.80 | ↑ +1315% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $878.94 | ↑ +1385% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $878.94 | ↑ +1385% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $903.14 | ↑ +1426% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $911.86 | ↑ +1441% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $925.70 | ↑ +1464% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $925.70 | ↑ +1464% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $935.09 | ↑ +1480% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $941.77 | ↑ +1491% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Cell marker study at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $59.14 | $59.14 – $102.13 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $62.92 | $50.34 – $324.12 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $58.39 | $53.43 – $307.83 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $59.19 | $53.43 – $324.12 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $59.14 | $59.14 – $307.83 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $62.92 | $62.92 – $324.12 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $59.14 | $59.14 – $307.83 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $58.39 | $58.39 – $307.83 |