Closure of eyelid by suture 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

$1,072.97

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$2,130.00

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.

$175.00 with HORIZON 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

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 $175.00 ↓ -84%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $204.14 ↓ -81%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $283.29 ↓ -74%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $330.15 ↓ -69%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $383.40 ↓ -64%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $440.91 ↓ -59%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,072.97 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,072.97 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,072.97 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,072.97 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,126.62 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,148.08 ↑ +7%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↑ +11%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $1,287.56 ↑ +20%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,597.50 ↑ +49%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,627.32 ↑ +52%
AETNA ASA $1,667.79 ↑ +55%
CIGNA BH $1,704.00 ↑ +59%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,810.50 ↑ +69%
QUALCARE PPO $1,874.40 ↑ +75%
QUALCARE HMO $1,874.40 ↑ +75%
HORIZON SHP $1,987.29 ↑ +85%
HORIZON HMO $2,006.46 ↑ +87%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $2,034.15 ↑ +90%
HORIZON PPO $2,057.58 ↑ +92%
CIGNA HMO $2,139.00 ↑ +99%
CIGNA PPO $2,396.00 ↑ +123%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $2,669.48 ↑ +149%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,915.00 ↑ +172%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $2,982.76 ↑ +178%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,366.00 ↑ +400%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $6,058.00 ↑ +465%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $6,415.00 ↑ +498%
HORIZON PIP $6,602.00 ↑ +515%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7,579.00 ↑ +606%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +685%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +685%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +826%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Closure of eyelid by suture at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $1,072.04 $1,072.04 – $1,286.45
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $1,140.61 $204.14 – $1,197.64
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $1,058.50 $196.68 – $1,671.09
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $1,072.97 $140.00 – $1,671.09
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $1,072.04 $196.68 – $1,286.45
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $1,140.61 $137.90 – $1,243.27
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $1,072.04 $196.68 – $1,286.45
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $1,058.50 $196.68 – $1,270.20

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