ER Visit (level 2) at Raritan Bay Medical Center
530 New Brunswick Avenue, Perth Amboy, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297455
$175.43
Cash price 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.
$1,348.00
Gross charge 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.
$69.41 with KARNA vs $2,148.00 with QUALCARE — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $69.41 | ↓ -60% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $175.43 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $175.43 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $175.43 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $175.43 | ↑ +0% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $179.28 | ↑ +2% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $184.21 | ↑ +5% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $187.71 | ↑ +7% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $191.22 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $198.00 | ↑ +13% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $210.52 | ↑ +20% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $234.00 | ↑ +33% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $242.64 | ↑ +38% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $279.04 | ↑ +59% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $314.00 | ↑ +79% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $363.00 | ↑ +107% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $376.00 | ↑ +114% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $387.00 | ↑ +121% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $387.00 | ↑ +121% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $396.00 | ↑ +126% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $396.00 | ↑ +126% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $397.00 | ↑ +126% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $410.00 | ↑ +134% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $410.00 | ↑ +134% |
| AETNA | HMO | $423.00 | ↑ +141% |
| AETNA | PPO | $423.00 | ↑ +141% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $443.00 | ↑ +153% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $481.00 | ↑ +174% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $795.00 | ↑ +353% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $958.00 | ↑ +446% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $959.00 | ↑ +447% |
| AETNA | ASA | $1,055.48 | ↑ +502% |
| CIGNA | BH | $1,078.40 | ↑ +515% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,145.80 | ↑ +553% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $1,186.24 | ↑ +576% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $1,186.24 | ↑ +576% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,522.00 | ↑ +768% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $2,148.00 | ↑ +1124% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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ER Visit (level 2) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $175.28 | $175.28 – $1,522.00 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $186.49 | $69.41 – $1,522.00 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $173.07 | $67.82 – $1,522.00 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $175.43 | $69.41 – $3,800.00 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $175.28 | $67.82 – $1,522.00 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $186.49 | $69.41 – $1,522.00 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $175.28 | $67.82 – $1,522.00 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $173.07 | $67.82 – $1,522.00 |