Cytopath tbs c/v manual at Raritan Bay Medical Center
530 New Brunswick Avenue, Perth Amboy, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297455
$18.19
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.
$90.00
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.
$11.97 with AETNA vs $87.56 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.
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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| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $11.97 | ↓ -34% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $18.19 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $18.19 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $18.19 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $18.19 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $18.19 | ↑ +0% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $18.19 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $19.10 | ↑ +5% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $19.46 | ↑ +7% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $19.83 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $21.83 | ↑ +20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $23.19 | ↑ +27% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $23.62 | ↑ +30% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $31.10 | ↑ +71% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $31.10 | ↑ +71% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $59.85 | ↑ +229% |
| AETNA | PPO | $61.92 | ↑ +240% |
| AETNA | HMO | $61.92 | ↑ +240% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $67.50 | ↑ +271% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $67.50 | ↑ +271% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $68.76 | ↑ +278% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $69.42 | ↑ +282% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $69.42 | ↑ +282% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $69.66 | ↑ +283% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $70.15 | ↑ +286% |
| AETNA | ASA | $70.47 | ↑ +287% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $72.00 | ↑ +296% |
| CIGNA | BH | $72.00 | ↑ +296% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $75.63 | ↑ +316% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $76.50 | ↑ +321% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $77.90 | ↑ +328% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $81.72 | ↑ +349% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $81.72 | ↑ +349% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $83.97 | ↑ +362% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $84.78 | ↑ +366% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $86.94 | ↑ +378% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $87.56 | ↑ +381% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Cytopath tbs c/v manual at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $18.19 | $18.19 – $69.42 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $18.19 | $14.55 – $68.03 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $18.19 | $6.60 – $69.42 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $18.19 | $6.60 – $71.30 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $18.19 | $14.55 – $69.42 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $18.19 | $18.19 – $69.42 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $18.19 | $18.19 – $69.42 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $18.19 | $18.19 – $69.42 |