CT colonography screening 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

$267.78

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.

$990.00

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.

$131.67 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 $131.67 ↓ -51%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $178.20 ↓ -33%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $204.93 ↓ -23%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $267.78 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $267.78 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $267.78 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $267.78 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $281.17 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $286.53 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $291.88 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $321.34 ↑ +20%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $596.73 ↑ +123%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $601.62 ↑ +125%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $683.10 ↑ +155%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $714.00 ↑ +167%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $742.50 ↑ +177%
HORIZON OMNIA $756.36 ↑ +182%
HORIZON PIP $766.26 ↑ +186%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $771.61 ↑ +188%
AETNA ASA $775.17 ↑ +189%
CIGNA BH $792.00 ↑ +196%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $831.90 ↑ +211%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $841.50 ↑ +214%
HORIZON SHP $923.67 ↑ +245%
HORIZON HMO $932.58 ↑ +248%
CIGNA HMO $946.74 ↑ +254%
CIGNA PPO $946.74 ↑ +254%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $954.00 ↑ +256%
HORIZON PPO $956.34 ↑ +257%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,314.42 ↑ +391%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,607.59 ↑ +500%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,607.59 ↑ +500%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,752.00 ↑ +554%
AETNA PPO $1,799.94 ↑ +572%
AETNA HMO $1,799.94 ↑ +572%
QUALCARE PPO $2,921.00 ↑ +991%
QUALCARE HMO $2,921.00 ↑ +991%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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