Clearance of airways 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

$225.32

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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.

$526.00

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.

$69.96 with AETNA vs $9,933.00 with BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN — 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $69.96 ↓ -69%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $94.68 ↓ -58%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $99.96 ↓ -56%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $108.88 ↓ -52%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $225.32 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $225.32 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $225.32 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $225.32 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $236.59 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $241.09 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $245.60 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $270.38 ↑ +20%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $394.50 ↑ +75%
HORIZON OMNIA $401.86 ↑ +78%
AETNA ASA $411.86 ↑ +83%
CIGNA BH $420.80 ↑ +87%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $447.10 ↑ +98%
QUALCARE PPO $462.88 ↑ +105%
QUALCARE HMO $462.88 ↑ +105%
HORIZON SHP $490.76 ↑ +118%
HORIZON HMO $495.49 ↑ +120%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $502.33 ↑ +123%
HORIZON PPO $508.12 ↑ +126%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↑ +428%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,456.08 ↑ +546%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,626.96 ↑ +622%
CIGNA HMO $2,139.00 ↑ +849%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,241.00 ↑ +895%
CIGNA PPO $2,396.00 ↑ +963%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $2,761.00 ↑ +1125%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,915.00 ↑ +1194%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $3,392.00 ↑ +1405%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,366.00 ↑ +2282%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $6,415.00 ↑ +2747%
HORIZON PIP $6,602.00 ↑ +2830%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +3636%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +3636%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +4308%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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