Electrophysiology evaluation 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

$8,406.25

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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$12,475.00

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.

$1,659.18 with AETNA vs $12,136.93 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,659.18 ↓ -80%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,245.50 ↓ -73%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,455.88 ↓ -71%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,582.33 ↓ -69%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $6,887.50 ↓ -18%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $7,347.78 ↓ -13%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $7,556.11 ↓ -10%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $8,295.88 ↓ -1%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8,406.25 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $8,406.25 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $8,406.25 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8,406.25 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8,826.56 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8,994.69 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9,162.81 ↑ +9%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $9,356.25 ↑ +11%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $9,356.25 ↑ +11%
HORIZON OMNIA $9,530.90 ↑ +13%
HORIZON PIP $9,655.65 ↑ +15%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $9,723.02 ↑ +16%
AETNA ASA $9,767.93 ↑ +16%
CIGNA BH $9,980.00 ↑ +19%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $10,087.50 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,158.39 ↑ +21%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $10,482.74 ↑ +25%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $10,603.75 ↑ +26%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $10,797.11 ↑ +28%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $11,227.50 ↑ +34%
AETNA PPO $11,227.50 ↑ +34%
AETNA HMO $11,227.50 ↑ +34%
QUALCARE PPO $11,327.30 ↑ +35%
QUALCARE HMO $11,327.30 ↑ +35%
HORIZON SHP $11,639.18 ↑ +38%
HORIZON HMO $11,751.45 ↑ +40%
CIGNA PPO $11,929.84 ↑ +42%
CIGNA HMO $11,929.84 ↑ +42%
HORIZON PPO $12,050.85 ↑ +43%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $12,136.93 ↑ +44%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Electrophysiology evaluation at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $8,398.96 $8,398.96 – $10,078.76
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $8,936.20 $2,030.00 – $9,383.01
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $8,292.88 $104.00 – $9,951.46
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $8,406.25 $104.00 – $8,406.25
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $8,398.96 $2,405.11 – $10,078.76
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $8,936.20 $58.00 – $9,740.46
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $8,398.96 $2,405.11 – $10,078.76
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $8,292.88 $2,405.11 – $9,951.46

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