Frozen cell preparation at Raritan Bay Medical Center
530 New Brunswick Avenue, Perth Amboy, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297455
$12.09
Cash price 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.
$2,066.00
Gross charge 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.
$12.09 with WELLCARE vs $1,795.97 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $12.09 | ↑ +0% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $12.09 | ↑ +0% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $12.09 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $12.09 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $12.09 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $12.09 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $12.69 | ↑ +5% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $12.94 | ↑ +7% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $13.18 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $14.51 | ↑ +20% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $16.08 | ↑ +33% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $22.17 | ↑ +83% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $24.81 | ↑ +105% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $24.81 | ↑ +105% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $55.40 | ↑ +358% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $55.40 | ↑ +358% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $245.52 | ↑ +1931% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $1,227.59 | ↑ +10054% |
| AETNA | PPO | $1,270.05 | ↑ +10405% |
| AETNA | HMO | $1,270.05 | ↑ +10405% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,384.50 | ↑ +11352% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,384.50 | ↑ +11352% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $1,410.34 | ↑ +11565% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $1,428.80 | ↑ +11718% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $1,438.77 | ↑ +11800% |
| AETNA | ASA | $1,445.42 | ↑ +11856% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,476.80 | ↑ +12115% |
| CIGNA | BH | $1,476.80 | ↑ +12115% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $1,551.19 | ↑ +12730% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,569.10 | ↑ +12878% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $1,597.71 | ↑ +13115% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $1,676.17 | ↑ +13764% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $1,676.17 | ↑ +13764% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $1,722.32 | ↑ +14146% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $1,738.93 | ↑ +14283% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $1,783.24 | ↑ +14650% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $1,795.97 | ↑ +14755% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Frozen cell preparation at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $12.09 | $12.09 – $55.40 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $12.09 | $8.50 – $54.29 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $12.09 | $8.53 – $55.40 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $12.09 | $8.53 – $56.90 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $12.09 | $9.67 – $55.40 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $12.09 | $9.38 – $55.40 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $12.09 | $6.58 – $55.40 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $12.09 | $12.09 – $55.40 |