Change of windpipe airway 31502 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

$257.26

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$743.00

Gross charge

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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.

$70.00 with HORIZON vs $8,419.00 with AETNA — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $70.00 ↓ -73%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $73.26 ↓ -72%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $98.82 ↓ -62%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $133.74 ↓ -48%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $153.80 ↓ -40%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $257.26 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $257.26 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $257.26 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $257.26 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $270.12 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $275.27 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $280.41 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $308.71 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $437.63 ↑ +70%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $457.99 ↑ +78%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $557.25 ↑ +117%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $557.25 ↑ +117%
AETNA ASA $581.77 ↑ +126%
CIGNA BH $594.40 ↑ +131%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $605.02 ↑ +135%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $606.70 ↑ +136%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $631.55 ↑ +145%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $668.70 ↑ +160%
QUALCARE HMO $674.64 ↑ +162%
QUALCARE PPO $674.64 ↑ +162%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $677.90 ↑ +164%
CIGNA HMO $2,139.00 ↑ +731%
CIGNA PPO $2,396.00 ↑ +831%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,366.00 ↑ +1986%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $6,415.00 ↑ +2394%
HORIZON OMNIA $6,440.00 ↑ +2403%
HORIZON PIP $6,602.00 ↑ +2466%
HORIZON SHP $7,445.00 ↑ +2794%
HORIZON HMO $7,956.00 ↑ +2993%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $8,061.00 ↑ +3033%
HORIZON PPO $8,159.00 ↑ +3071%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +3173%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +3173%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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