Extrnl counterpulse, per tx 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.

$976.00

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.

$129.81 with AETNA vs $949.55 with AMERIHEALTH — 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 $129.81 ↓ -9%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $142.80 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $142.80 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $142.80 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $142.80 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $149.94 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $152.79 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $155.65 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $171.36 ↑ +20%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $175.68 ↑ +23%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $196.21 ↑ +37%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $202.03 ↑ +41%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $574.86 ↑ +303%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $591.16 ↑ +314%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $649.04 ↑ +355%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $732.00 ↑ +413%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $732.00 ↑ +413%
HORIZON OMNIA $745.66 ↑ +422%
HORIZON PIP $755.42 ↑ +429%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $760.69 ↑ +433%
AETNA ASA $764.21 ↑ +435%
CIGNA BH $780.80 ↑ +447%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $794.76 ↑ +457%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $820.13 ↑ +474%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $829.60 ↑ +481%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $844.73 ↑ +492%
AETNA PPO $878.40 ↑ +515%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $878.40 ↑ +515%
AETNA HMO $878.40 ↑ +515%
QUALCARE PPO $886.21 ↑ +521%
QUALCARE HMO $886.21 ↑ +521%
HORIZON SHP $910.61 ↑ +538%
HORIZON HMO $919.39 ↑ +544%
CIGNA HMO $933.35 ↑ +554%
CIGNA PPO $933.35 ↑ +554%
HORIZON PPO $942.82 ↑ +560%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $949.55 ↑ +565%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Extrnl counterpulse, per tx at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $142.80 $104.00 – $1,042.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $142.67 $142.67 – $185.36
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $151.80 $58.00 – $196.21
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $142.67 $142.67 – $185.36
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $140.87 $140.87 – $185.36

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