Cholinesterase challenge at Raritan Bay Medical Center
530 New Brunswick Avenue, Perth Amboy, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297455
$344.98
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.
$751.00
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.
$47.78 with KARNA vs $730.65 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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| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $47.78 | ↓ -86% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $58.93 | ↓ -83% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $99.88 | ↓ -71% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $135.18 | ↓ -61% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $155.46 | ↓ -55% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $344.98 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $344.98 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $344.98 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $344.98 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $362.22 | ↑ +5% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $369.12 | ↑ +7% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $376.02 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $413.97 | ↑ +20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $442.34 | ↑ +28% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $454.88 | ↑ +32% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $499.42 | ↑ +45% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $563.25 | ↑ +63% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $563.25 | ↑ +63% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $573.76 | ↑ +66% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $581.27 | ↑ +68% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $585.33 | ↑ +70% |
| AETNA | ASA | $588.03 | ↑ +70% |
| CIGNA | BH | $600.80 | ↑ +74% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $611.54 | ↑ +77% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $631.07 | ↑ +83% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $638.35 | ↑ +85% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $649.99 | ↑ +88% |
| AETNA | PPO | $675.90 | ↑ +96% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $675.90 | ↑ +96% |
| AETNA | HMO | $675.90 | ↑ +96% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $681.91 | ↑ +98% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $681.91 | ↑ +98% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $700.68 | ↑ +103% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $707.44 | ↑ +105% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $718.18 | ↑ +108% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $718.18 | ↑ +108% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $725.47 | ↑ +110% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $730.65 | ↑ +112% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Cholinesterase challenge at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $344.68 | $344.68 – $413.61 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $366.72 | $47.78 – $4,994.00 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $340.32 | $46.33 – $2,080.00 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $344.98 | $47.78 – $2,437.00 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $344.68 | $46.33 – $413.61 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $366.72 | $46.43 – $576.00 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $344.68 | $46.33 – $413.61 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $340.32 | $46.33 – $408.39 |