CT heart w/evaluation of calcium without contrast 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

$97.54

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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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$99.00

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.

$13.17 with AETNA vs $2,921.00 with QUALCARE — same scan, same building. Share

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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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $13.17 ↓ -86%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.82 ↓ -82%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $20.49 ↓ -79%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $68.31 ↓ -30%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $74.25 ↓ -24%
HORIZON OMNIA $75.64 ↓ -22%
HORIZON PIP $76.63 ↓ -21%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $77.16 ↓ -21%
AETNA ASA $77.52 ↓ -21%
CIGNA BH $79.20 ↓ -19%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $83.19 ↓ -15%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $84.15 ↓ -14%
HORIZON SHP $92.37 ↓ -5%
HORIZON HMO $93.26 ↓ -4%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $95.60 ↓ -2%
HORIZON PPO $95.63 ↓ -2%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $97.54 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $97.54 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $97.54 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $97.54 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $102.42 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $104.37 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $106.32 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $117.05 ↑ +20%
AETNA PPO $166.50 ↑ +71%
AETNA HMO $166.50 ↑ +71%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $196.79 ↑ +102%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $196.79 ↑ +102%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $197.86 ↑ +103%
CIGNA PPO $216.44 ↑ +122%
CIGNA HMO $216.44 ↑ +122%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $537.05 ↑ +451%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $541.46 ↑ +455%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $714.00 ↑ +632%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $954.00 ↑ +878%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,752.00 ↑ +1696%
QUALCARE PPO $2,921.00 ↑ +2895%
QUALCARE HMO $2,921.00 ↑ +2895%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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