Emg 2 ext w-w/o paraspinal area 95861 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

$142.80

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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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$1,210.00

Gross charge

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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.

$142.80 with VACCN vs $1,716.00 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
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $142.80 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $142.80 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $142.80 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $142.80 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $149.94 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $152.79 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $155.65 ↑ +9%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $160.93 ↑ +13%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $171.36 ↑ +20%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $217.80 ↑ +53%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $250.47 ↑ +75%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $281.23 ↑ +97%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $512.50 ↑ +259%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $712.69 ↑ +399%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $804.65 ↑ +463%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $907.50 ↑ +536%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $907.50 ↑ +536%
HORIZON OMNIA $924.44 ↑ +547%
HORIZON PIP $936.54 ↑ +556%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $943.07 ↑ +560%
AETNA ASA $947.43 ↑ +563%
CIGNA BH $968.00 ↑ +578%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,016.76 ↑ +612%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,028.50 ↑ +620%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,047.26 ↑ +633%
AETNA HMO $1,089.00 ↑ +663%
AETNA PPO $1,089.00 ↑ +663%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,089.00 ↑ +663%
QUALCARE HMO $1,098.68 ↑ +669%
QUALCARE PPO $1,098.68 ↑ +669%
HORIZON SHP $1,128.93 ↑ +691%
HORIZON HMO $1,139.82 ↑ +698%
CIGNA HMO $1,157.12 ↑ +710%
CIGNA PPO $1,157.12 ↑ +710%
HORIZON PPO $1,168.86 ↑ +719%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,177.21 ↑ +724%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,225.00 ↑ +758%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,716.00 ↑ +1102%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Emg 2 ext w-w/o paraspinal area 95861 at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $142.67 $142.67 – $978.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $151.80 $121.44 – $4,692.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $140.87 $104.00 – $872.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $142.80 $104.00 – $4,008.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $142.67 $142.67 – $1,032.00
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $151.80 $151.80 – $1,301.00
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $142.67 $142.67 – $992.00
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $140.87 $140.87 – $1,041.00

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