Ext ecg>48hr<7d scan a/r 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

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.

$185.00

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.

$24.61 with AETNA vs $1,688.00 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $24.61 ↓ -83%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $33.30 ↓ -77%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $38.30 ↓ -73%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $108.97 ↓ -24%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $123.03 ↓ -14%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $138.75 ↓ -3%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $138.75 ↓ -3%
HORIZON OMNIA $141.34 ↓ -1%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $142.80 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $142.80 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $142.80 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $142.80 ↑ +0%
HORIZON PIP $143.19 ↑ +0%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $144.19 ↑ +1%
AETNA ASA $144.86 ↑ +1%
CIGNA BH $148.00 ↑ +4%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $149.94 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $152.79 ↑ +7%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $155.46 ↑ +9%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $155.65 ↑ +9%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $157.25 ↑ +10%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $160.12 ↑ +12%
AETNA PPO $166.50 ↑ +17%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $166.50 ↑ +17%
AETNA HMO $166.50 ↑ +17%
QUALCARE PPO $167.98 ↑ +18%
QUALCARE HMO $167.98 ↑ +18%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $171.36 ↑ +20%
HORIZON SHP $172.61 ↑ +21%
HORIZON HMO $174.27 ↑ +22%
CIGNA PPO $176.92 ↑ +24%
CIGNA HMO $176.92 ↑ +24%
HORIZON PPO $178.71 ↑ +25%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $179.99 ↑ +26%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $407.62 ↑ +185%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,297.00 ↑ +808%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,688.00 ↑ +1082%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $142.67 $142.67 – $1,008.00
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