Culture typing immunologic 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

$5.18

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.

$66.00

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.

$5.18 with VACCN vs $64.21 with AMERIHEALTH — 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
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $5.18 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.18 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $5.18 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.18 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $5.18 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $5.18 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.44 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.54 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.65 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $6.22 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.89 ↑ +33%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $8.78 ↑ +69%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $10.63 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10.63 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $11.36 ↑ +119%
CIGNA PPO $23.74 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $23.74 ↑ +358%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $43.89 ↑ +747%
AETNA PPO $45.41 ↑ +777%
AETNA HMO $45.41 ↑ +777%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $49.50 ↑ +856%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $49.50 ↑ +856%
HORIZON OMNIA $50.42 ↑ +873%
HORIZON PIP $51.08 ↑ +886%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $51.44 ↑ +893%
AETNA ASA $51.68 ↑ +898%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $52.80 ↑ +919%
CIGNA BH $52.80 ↑ +919%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $55.46 ↑ +971%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $56.10 ↑ +983%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $57.12 ↑ +1003%
QUALCARE HMO $59.93 ↑ +1057%
QUALCARE PPO $59.93 ↑ +1057%
HORIZON SHP $61.58 ↑ +1089%
HORIZON HMO $62.17 ↑ +1100%
HORIZON PPO $63.76 ↑ +1131%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $64.21 ↑ +1140%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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