Drainage of prostate abscess 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

$3,820.84

Cash price

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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.

$8,460.00

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.

$1,125.18 with AETNA vs $10,156.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,125.18 ↓ -71%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -69%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,270.90 ↓ -67%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,456.08 ↓ -62%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,522.80 ↓ -60%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,626.96 ↓ -57%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,751.22 ↓ -54%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,241.00 ↓ -41%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,915.00 ↓ -24%
CIGNA HMO $2,981.00 ↓ -22%
CIGNA PPO $3,336.00 ↓ -13%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,820.84 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,820.84 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3,820.84 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,820.84 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,011.88 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,088.30 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,164.71 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $4,585.01 ↑ +20%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,366.00 ↑ +40%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $6,345.00 ↑ +66%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $6,415.00 ↑ +68%
HORIZON OMNIA $6,463.44 ↑ +69%
HORIZON PIP $6,602.00 ↑ +73%
AETNA ASA $6,624.18 ↑ +73%
CIGNA BH $6,768.00 ↑ +77%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $7,191.00 ↑ +88%
QUALCARE HMO $7,444.80 ↑ +95%
QUALCARE PPO $7,444.80 ↑ +95%
HORIZON SHP $7,893.18 ↑ +107%
HORIZON HMO $7,969.32 ↑ +109%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $8,079.30 ↑ +111%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,086.00 ↑ +112%
HORIZON PPO $8,172.36 ↑ +114%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +120%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +120%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +160%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,156.00 ↑ +166%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Drainage of prostate abscess at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $3,817.53 $3,817.53 – $4,581.03
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $4,061.71 $1,270.90 – $4,264.80
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $3,769.31 $1,231.45 – $4,523.17
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $3,820.84 $484.00 – $3,820.84
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $3,817.53 $1,231.45 – $4,581.03
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $4,061.71 $1,270.90 – $4,427.27
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $3,817.53 $1,231.45 – $4,581.03
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $3,769.31 $1,231.45 – $4,523.17

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