External cannula declotting 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

$1,720.93

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.

$2,101.00

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.

$227.77 with KARNA vs $9,933.00 with BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN — 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 $227.77 ↓ -87%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $279.43 ↓ -84%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $378.18 ↓ -78%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $434.91 ↓ -75%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -31%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,575.75 ↓ -8%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,605.16 ↓ -7%
AETNA ASA $1,645.08 ↓ -4%
CIGNA BH $1,680.80 ↓ -2%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,720.93 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,720.93 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,720.93 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,720.93 ↑ +0%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,785.85 ↑ +4%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,806.98 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,841.40 ↑ +7%
QUALCARE HMO $1,848.88 ↑ +7%
QUALCARE PPO $1,848.88 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,875.82 ↑ +9%
HORIZON SHP $1,960.23 ↑ +14%
HORIZON HMO $1,979.14 ↑ +15%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $2,006.46 ↑ +17%
HORIZON PPO $2,029.57 ↑ +18%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $2,065.12 ↑ +20%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,241.00 ↑ +30%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $2,669.48 ↑ +55%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,915.00 ↑ +69%
CIGNA HMO $2,981.00 ↑ +73%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $2,982.76 ↑ +73%
CIGNA PPO $3,336.00 ↑ +94%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $4,030.00 ↑ +134%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $5,003.00 ↑ +191%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,366.00 ↑ +212%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $6,415.00 ↑ +273%
HORIZON PIP $6,602.00 ↑ +284%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +389%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +389%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +477%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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