CT colonography dx w/dye 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

$197.21

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.

$815.00

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.

$108.40 with AETNA vs $2,921.00 with QUALCARE — 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 $108.40 ↓ -45%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $146.70 ↓ -26%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $168.71 ↓ -14%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $197.21 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $197.21 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $197.21 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $197.21 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $207.07 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $211.02 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $214.96 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $236.66 ↑ +20%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $434.32 ↑ +120%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $434.32 ↑ +120%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $562.35 ↑ +185%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $596.73 ↑ +203%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $601.62 ↑ +205%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $611.25 ↑ +210%
HORIZON OMNIA $622.66 ↑ +216%
HORIZON PIP $630.81 ↑ +220%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $635.21 ↑ +222%
AETNA ASA $638.15 ↑ +224%
CIGNA BH $652.00 ↑ +231%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $684.84 ↑ +247%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $692.75 ↑ +251%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $714.00 ↑ +262%
AETNA PPO $736.32 ↑ +273%
AETNA HMO $736.32 ↑ +273%
HORIZON SHP $760.40 ↑ +286%
HORIZON HMO $767.73 ↑ +289%
HORIZON PPO $787.29 ↑ +299%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $927.34 ↑ +370%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $954.00 ↑ +384%
CIGNA PPO $1,151.80 ↑ +484%
CIGNA HMO $1,151.80 ↑ +484%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,752.00 ↑ +788%
QUALCARE HMO $2,921.00 ↑ +1381%
QUALCARE PPO $2,921.00 ↑ +1381%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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