Ghs ed therapeutic lp, drain csf w fluoro 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

$767.19

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.

$2,390.00

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.

$216.67 with KARNA vs $8,419.00 with AETNA — 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 $216.67 ↓ -72%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $317.87 ↓ -59%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $430.20 ↓ -44%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $494.73 ↓ -36%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $606.70 ↓ -21%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $677.90 ↓ -12%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $767.19 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $767.19 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $767.19 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $767.19 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $805.55 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $820.89 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $836.23 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $920.63 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,407.71 ↑ +83%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,473.20 ↑ +92%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,792.50 ↑ +134%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,792.50 ↑ +134%
AETNA ASA $1,871.37 ↑ +144%
CIGNA BH $1,912.00 ↑ +149%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,946.18 ↑ +154%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $2,031.50 ↑ +165%
CIGNA HMO $2,139.00 ↑ +179%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $2,151.00 ↑ +180%
QUALCARE HMO $2,170.12 ↑ +183%
QUALCARE PPO $2,170.12 ↑ +183%
CIGNA PPO $2,396.00 ↑ +212%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,366.00 ↑ +599%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $6,415.00 ↑ +736%
HORIZON OMNIA $6,440.00 ↑ +739%
HORIZON PIP $6,602.00 ↑ +761%
HORIZON SHP $7,445.00 ↑ +870%
HORIZON HMO $7,956.00 ↑ +937%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $8,061.00 ↑ +951%
HORIZON PPO $8,159.00 ↑ +963%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +997%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +997%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $766.52 $766.52 – $919.83
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $815.55 $216.67 – $856.33
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