Collection blood specimen using established central/peripheral catheter venous nos at Raritan Bay Medical Center
530 New Brunswick Avenue, Perth Amboy, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297455
$142.80
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.
$495.00
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.
$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.
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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| CIGNA | HMO | $0.01 | ↓ -100% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $0.01 | ↓ -100% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $65.84 | ↓ -54% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $67.93 | ↓ -52% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $89.10 | ↓ -38% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $102.47 | ↓ -28% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $142.80 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $142.80 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $142.80 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $142.80 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $149.94 | ↑ +5% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $152.79 | ↑ +7% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $155.65 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $171.36 | ↑ +20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $291.56 | ↑ +104% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $305.12 | ↑ +114% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $371.25 | ↑ +160% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $371.25 | ↑ +160% |
| AETNA | ASA | $387.59 | ↑ +171% |
| CIGNA | BH | $396.00 | ↑ +177% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $403.08 | ↑ +182% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $420.75 | ↑ +195% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $428.42 | ↑ +200% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $445.50 | ↑ +212% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $449.46 | ↑ +215% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $449.46 | ↑ +215% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $481.59 | ↑ +237% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $5,366.00 | ↑ +3658% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $6,415.00 | ↑ +4392% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $6,440.00 | ↑ +4410% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $6,602.00 | ↑ +4523% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $7,445.00 | ↑ +5114% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $7,956.00 | ↑ +5471% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $8,061.00 | ↑ +5545% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $8,159.00 | ↑ +5614% |
| AETNA | PPO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +5796% |
| AETNA | HMO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +5796% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Collection blood specimen using established central/peripheral catheter venous nos at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $142.67 | $142.67 – $171.21 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $151.80 | $67.93 – $159.39 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $140.87 | $64.16 – $169.05 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $142.80 | $67.93 – $142.80 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $142.67 | $64.16 – $171.21 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $151.80 | $67.93 – $165.46 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $142.67 | $64.16 – $171.21 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $140.87 | $64.16 – $169.05 |