Cystoscopy (Bladder Scope) at Raritan Bay Medical Center
530 New Brunswick Avenue, Perth Amboy, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297455
$739.44
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.
$5,170.00
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.
$167.49 with KARNA vs $15,984.00 with BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN — 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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| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $167.49 | ↓ -77% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $606.70 | ↓ -18% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $677.90 | ↓ -8% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $687.61 | ↓ -7% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $739.44 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $739.44 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $739.44 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $739.44 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $776.41 | ↑ +5% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $791.20 | ↑ +7% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $805.99 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $887.32 | ↑ +20% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $930.60 | ↑ +26% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,070.19 | ↑ +45% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,189.00 | ↑ +61% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $2,139.00 | ↑ +189% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $2,241.00 | ↑ +203% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $2,396.00 | ↑ +224% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,915.00 | ↑ +294% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,877.50 | ↑ +424% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $3,949.88 | ↑ +434% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,030.00 | ↑ +445% |
| AETNA | ASA | $4,048.11 | ↑ +447% |
| CIGNA | BH | $4,136.00 | ↑ +459% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,394.50 | ↑ +494% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $4,549.60 | ↑ +515% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $4,549.60 | ↑ +515% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $4,823.61 | ↑ +552% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $4,870.14 | ↑ +559% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $4,937.35 | ↑ +568% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $4,994.22 | ↑ +575% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $5,003.00 | ↑ +577% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $5,366.00 | ↑ +626% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $6,415.00 | ↑ +768% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $6,602.00 | ↑ +793% |
| AETNA | PPO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +1039% |
| AETNA | HMO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +1039% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $15,984.00 | ↑ +2062% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Cystoscopy (Bladder Scope) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $738.80 | $738.80 – $15,984.00 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $786.05 | $167.49 – $825.36 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $729.46 | $162.97 – $15,984.00 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $739.44 | $90.00 – $739.44 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $738.80 | $162.97 – $886.55 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $786.05 | $167.49 – $15,984.00 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $738.80 | $162.97 – $15,984.00 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $729.46 | $162.97 – $15,984.00 |