Chest CT scan (with and without contrast) at Raritan Bay Medical Center
530 New Brunswick Avenue, Perth Amboy, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297455
$197.21
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.
$3,737.00
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.
$197.21 with WELLCARE vs $3,609.94 with HORIZON — 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 | MANAGED MEDICAID | $197.21 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $197.21 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $197.21 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $197.21 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $207.07 | ↑ +5% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $211.02 | ↑ +7% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $214.96 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $236.66 | ↑ +20% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $388.75 | ↑ +97% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $393.75 | ↑ +100% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $433.07 | ↑ +120% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $433.07 | ↑ +120% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $434.32 | ↑ +120% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $434.32 | ↑ +120% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $497.02 | ↑ +152% |
| AETNA | HMO | $577.65 | ↑ +193% |
| AETNA | PPO | $577.65 | ↑ +193% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $672.66 | ↑ +241% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $714.00 | ↑ +262% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $773.56 | ↑ +292% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $787.68 | ↑ +299% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $794.13 | ↑ +303% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $954.00 | ↑ +384% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $1,752.00 | ↑ +788% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,578.53 | ↑ +1208% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,802.75 | ↑ +1321% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $2,855.07 | ↑ +1348% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $2,892.44 | ↑ +1367% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $2,912.62 | ↑ +1377% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $2,921.00 | ↑ +1381% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $2,921.00 | ↑ +1381% |
| AETNA | ASA | $2,926.07 | ↑ +1384% |
| CIGNA | BH | $2,989.60 | ↑ +1416% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $3,140.20 | ↑ +1492% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,176.45 | ↑ +1511% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $3,486.62 | ↑ +1668% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $3,520.25 | ↑ +1685% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $3,609.94 | ↑ +1731% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Chest CT scan (with and without contrast) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $197.04 | $197.04 – $2,083.00 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $209.65 | $167.72 – $3,036.82 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $194.55 | $178.02 – $2,083.00 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $197.21 | $178.02 – $704.35 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $197.04 | $197.04 – $2,083.00 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $209.65 | $209.65 – $787.68 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $197.04 | $197.04 – $2,083.00 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $194.55 | $194.55 – $787.68 |