Impedence cardiogram 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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$162.00

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.

$21.55 with AETNA vs $1,327.00 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 $21.55 ↓ -85%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $29.16 ↓ -80%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $33.53 ↓ -77%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $49.14 ↓ -66%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $95.42 ↓ -33%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $107.73 ↓ -25%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $121.50 ↓ -15%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $121.50 ↓ -15%
HORIZON OMNIA $123.77 ↓ -13%
HORIZON PIP $125.39 ↓ -12%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $126.26 ↓ -12%
AETNA ASA $126.85 ↓ -11%
CIGNA BH $129.60 ↓ -9%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $136.13 ↓ -5%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $137.70 ↓ -4%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $140.21 ↓ -2%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $142.80 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $142.80 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $142.80 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $142.80 ↑ +0%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $145.80 ↑ +2%
AETNA HMO $145.80 ↑ +2%
AETNA PPO $145.80 ↑ +2%
QUALCARE HMO $147.10 ↑ +3%
QUALCARE PPO $147.10 ↑ +3%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $149.94 ↑ +5%
HORIZON SHP $151.15 ↑ +6%
HORIZON HMO $152.60 ↑ +7%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $152.79 ↑ +7%
CIGNA PPO $154.92 ↑ +8%
CIGNA HMO $154.92 ↑ +8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $155.65 ↑ +9%
HORIZON PPO $156.49 ↑ +10%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $157.61 ↑ +10%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $171.36 ↑ +20%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $180.00 ↑ +26%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $271.00 ↑ +90%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,327.00 ↑ +829%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Impedence cardiogram at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $142.67 $142.67 – $266.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $151.80 $49.14 – $474.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $140.87 $46.42 – $285.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $142.80 $49.14 – $933.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $142.67 $46.42 – $318.00
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $151.80 $49.14 – $238.00
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $142.67 $46.42 – $288.00
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $140.87 $46.42 – $348.00

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