Excise wrist tendon sheath 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

$1,772.97

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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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$6,575.00

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.

$852.68 with KARNA 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

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 $852.68 ↓ -52%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $874.48 ↓ -51%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,183.50 ↓ -33%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -33%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,361.03 ↓ -23%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,772.97 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,772.97 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,772.97 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,772.97 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,861.61 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,897.07 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,932.53 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $2,127.56 ↑ +20%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,241.00 ↑ +26%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $2,669.48 ↑ +51%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,915.00 ↑ +64%
CIGNA HMO $2,981.00 ↑ +68%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $2,982.76 ↑ +68%
CIGNA PPO $3,336.00 ↑ +88%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $4,931.25 ↑ +178%
HORIZON OMNIA $5,023.30 ↑ +183%
AETNA ASA $5,148.23 ↑ +190%
CIGNA BH $5,260.00 ↑ +197%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,366.00 ↑ +203%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $5,588.75 ↑ +215%
QUALCARE HMO $5,786.00 ↑ +226%
QUALCARE PPO $5,786.00 ↑ +226%
HORIZON SHP $6,134.48 ↑ +246%
HORIZON HMO $6,193.65 ↑ +249%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $6,279.13 ↑ +254%
HORIZON PPO $6,351.45 ↑ +258%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $6,415.00 ↑ +262%
HORIZON PIP $6,602.00 ↑ +272%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,086.00 ↑ +356%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +375%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +375%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +460%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,156.00 ↑ +473%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
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