Cytopathology cervical/vaginal thin layer manual screening 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

$20.26

Cash price

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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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$330.00

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.

$20.26 with WELLCARE vs $160.53 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
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.26 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.26 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $20.26 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $20.26 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $20.26 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $20.26 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.27 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.68 ↑ +7%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $21.95 ↑ +8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $22.08 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $24.31 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $26.95 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $41.58 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $41.58 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $44.48 ↑ +120%
CIGNA PPO $92.84 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $92.84 ↑ +358%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $109.73 ↑ +442%
AETNA PPO $113.52 ↑ +460%
AETNA HMO $113.52 ↑ +460%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $123.75 ↑ +511%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $123.75 ↑ +511%
HORIZON OMNIA $126.06 ↑ +522%
HORIZON PIP $127.71 ↑ +530%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $128.60 ↑ +535%
AETNA ASA $129.20 ↑ +538%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $132.00 ↑ +552%
CIGNA BH $132.00 ↑ +552%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $138.65 ↑ +584%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $140.25 ↑ +592%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $142.81 ↑ +605%
QUALCARE HMO $149.82 ↑ +639%
QUALCARE PPO $149.82 ↑ +639%
HORIZON SHP $153.95 ↑ +660%
HORIZON HMO $155.43 ↑ +667%
HORIZON PPO $159.39 ↑ +687%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $160.53 ↑ +692%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Cytopathology cervical/vaginal thin layer manual screening at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $20.26 $20.26 – $92.84
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $20.26 $16.21 – $90.98
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $20.26 $19.80 – $92.84
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Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $20.26 $16.21 – $92.84
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $20.26 $20.26 – $92.84
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $20.26 $20.26 – $92.84
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $20.26 $20.26 – $92.84

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