Cmptr ophth img optic nerve 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

$65.80

Cash price

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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.

$155.00

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.

$20.62 with AETNA vs $149.73 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.

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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 $20.62 ↓ -69%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $27.90 ↓ -58%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $32.09 ↓ -51%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $51.65 ↓ -22%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $52.08 ↓ -21%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $63.84 ↓ -3%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $65.80 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $65.80 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $65.80 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $65.80 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $69.09 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $70.41 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $71.73 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $78.97 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $91.30 ↑ +39%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $93.88 ↑ +43%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $103.08 ↑ +57%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $116.25 ↑ +77%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $116.25 ↑ +77%
HORIZON OMNIA $118.42 ↑ +80%
HORIZON PIP $119.97 ↑ +82%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $120.81 ↑ +84%
AETNA ASA $121.37 ↑ +84%
CIGNA BH $124.00 ↑ +88%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $126.22 ↑ +92%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $130.25 ↑ +98%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $131.75 ↑ +100%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $139.50 ↑ +112%
AETNA PPO $139.50 ↑ +112%
AETNA HMO $139.50 ↑ +112%
QUALCARE HMO $140.74 ↑ +114%
QUALCARE PPO $140.74 ↑ +114%
HORIZON SHP $144.62 ↑ +120%
HORIZON HMO $146.01 ↑ +122%
CIGNA HMO $148.23 ↑ +125%
CIGNA PPO $148.23 ↑ +125%
HORIZON PPO $149.73 ↑ +128%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $65.75 $51.65 – $78.90
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $69.95 $28.78 – $4,994.00
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Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $69.95 $31.75 – $576.00
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