Cystoscopy stone removal 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

$5,631.74

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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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$8,903.00

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.

$662.39 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.

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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

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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $662.39 ↓ -88%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,184.10 ↓ -79%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -79%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,602.54 ↓ -72%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,842.92 ↓ -67%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,438.00 ↓ -57%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,915.00 ↓ -48%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $3,882.88 ↓ -31%
CIGNA HMO $4,196.00 ↓ -25%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $4,338.56 ↓ -23%
CIGNA PPO $4,701.00 ↓ -17%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,366.00 ↓ -5%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,631.74 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,631.74 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $5,631.74 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $5,631.74 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,913.32 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,025.96 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,138.59 ↑ +9%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $6,415.00 ↑ +14%
HORIZON PIP $6,602.00 ↑ +17%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $6,677.25 ↑ +19%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $6,758.08 ↑ +20%
HORIZON OMNIA $6,801.89 ↑ +21%
AETNA ASA $6,971.05 ↑ +24%
CIGNA BH $7,122.40 ↑ +26%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $7,567.55 ↑ +34%
QUALCARE HMO $7,834.64 ↑ +39%
QUALCARE PPO $7,834.64 ↑ +39%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,086.00 ↑ +44%
HORIZON SHP $8,229.00 ↑ +46%
HORIZON HMO $8,386.63 ↑ +49%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +49%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +49%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $8,502.37 ↑ +51%
HORIZON PPO $8,600.30 ↑ +53%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,156.00 ↑ +80%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $15,984.00 ↑ +184%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $5,626.86 $5,626.86 – $15,984.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $5,986.78 $662.39 – $6,286.11
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