ER Visit (level 3) 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

$306.74

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.

$2,090.00

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.

$118.01 with KARNA vs $3,591.00 with HORIZON — 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $118.01 ↓ -62%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $140.00 ↓ -54%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $268.00 ↓ -13%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $277.97 ↓ -9%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $306.74 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $306.74 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $306.74 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $306.74 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $322.08 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $328.22 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $334.35 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $368.09 ↑ +20%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $376.20 ↑ +23%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $432.63 ↑ +41%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $472.00 ↑ +54%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $593.00 ↑ +93%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $665.00 ↑ +117%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $795.00 ↑ +159%
HORIZON PIP $958.00 ↑ +212%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $959.00 ↑ +213%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,522.00 ↑ +396%
AETNA ASA $1,636.47 ↑ +434%
CIGNA BH $1,672.00 ↑ +445%
CIGNA HMO $1,699.00 ↑ +454%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,776.50 ↑ +479%
QUALCARE HMO $1,839.20 ↑ +500%
QUALCARE PPO $1,839.20 ↑ +500%
CIGNA PPO $1,938.00 ↑ +532%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,148.00 ↑ +600%
HORIZON OMNIA $2,259.00 ↑ +636%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $2,288.00 ↑ +646%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $2,408.00 ↑ +685%
HORIZON SHP $2,610.00 ↑ +751%
AETNA PPO $2,746.00 ↑ +795%
AETNA HMO $2,746.00 ↑ +795%
HORIZON HMO $2,792.00 ↑ +810%
HORIZON PPO $3,434.00 ↑ +1020%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $3,539.00 ↑ +1054%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $3,591.00 ↑ +1071%

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ER Visit (level 3) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $306.48 $306.48 – $1,787.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $326.08 $118.01 – $1,944.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $302.61 $115.35 – $1,789.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $306.74 $118.01 – $3,800.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $306.48 $115.35 – $1,897.00
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $326.08 $118.01 – $1,522.00
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $306.48 $115.35 – $1,836.00
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $302.61 $115.35 – $1,522.00

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