Decompression of tibia nerve 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

$2,163.32

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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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$6,271.00

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.

$488.23 with HORIZON vs $10,156.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — same scan, same building. Share

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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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $488.23 ↓ -77%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $779.27 ↓ -64%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $834.04 ↓ -61%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $972.01 ↓ -55%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,128.78 ↓ -48%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -45%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,298.10 ↓ -40%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $2,163.32 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,163.32 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,163.32 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,163.32 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,271.48 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,314.75 ↑ +7%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $2,595.98 ↑ +20%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,915.00 ↑ +35%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $3,882.88 ↑ +79%
CIGNA HMO $4,196.00 ↑ +94%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $4,338.56 ↑ +101%
CIGNA PPO $4,701.00 ↑ +117%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $4,703.25 ↑ +117%
HORIZON OMNIA $4,791.04 ↑ +121%
AETNA ASA $4,910.19 ↑ +127%
CIGNA BH $5,016.80 ↑ +132%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $5,330.35 ↑ +146%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,366.00 ↑ +148%
QUALCARE HMO $5,518.48 ↑ +155%
QUALCARE PPO $5,518.48 ↑ +155%
HORIZON SHP $5,850.84 ↑ +170%
HORIZON HMO $5,907.28 ↑ +173%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $5,988.81 ↑ +177%
HORIZON PPO $6,057.79 ↑ +180%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $6,415.00 ↑ +197%
HORIZON PIP $6,602.00 ↑ +205%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,086.00 ↑ +274%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +289%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +289%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +359%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,156.00 ↑ +369%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $2,161.44 $2,161.44 – $2,593.73
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $2,299.70 $779.27 – $2,414.68
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $2,134.14 $752.10 – $3,377.16
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $2,163.32 $390.58 – $3,377.16
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Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $2,299.70 $384.72 – $2,506.67
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Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $2,134.14 $752.10 – $2,560.97

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