Chorion biopsy 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

$964.62

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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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$1,562.00

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.

$0.01 with CIGNA vs $8,419.00 with AETNA — 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
CIGNA HMO $0.01 ↓ -100%
CIGNA PPO $0.01 ↓ -100%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $207.75 ↓ -78%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $220.75 ↓ -77%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $277.05 ↓ -71%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $281.16 ↓ -71%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $323.33 ↓ -66%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $920.02 ↓ -5%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $962.82 ↓ -0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $964.62 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $964.62 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $964.62 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $964.62 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,012.85 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,032.15 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,051.44 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $1,157.55 ↑ +20%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,171.50 ↑ +21%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,171.50 ↑ +21%
AETNA ASA $1,223.05 ↑ +27%
CIGNA BH $1,249.60 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,271.94 ↑ +32%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,327.70 ↑ +38%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,405.80 ↑ +46%
QUALCARE PPO $1,418.30 ↑ +47%
QUALCARE HMO $1,418.30 ↑ +47%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,456.08 ↑ +51%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,626.96 ↑ +69%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,366.00 ↑ +456%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $6,415.00 ↑ +565%
HORIZON OMNIA $6,440.00 ↑ +568%
HORIZON PIP $6,602.00 ↑ +584%
HORIZON SHP $7,445.00 ↑ +672%
HORIZON HMO $7,956.00 ↑ +725%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $8,061.00 ↑ +736%
HORIZON PPO $8,159.00 ↑ +746%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +773%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +773%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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