Implant neuroelectrodes 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

$7,270.51

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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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$8,372.00

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.

$685.83 with KARNA vs $23,041.00 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

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 $685.83 ↓ -91%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,113.48 ↓ -85%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,506.96 ↓ -79%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,733.00 ↓ -76%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,379.00 ↓ -67%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,438.00 ↓ -66%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $2,669.48 ↓ -63%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,915.00 ↓ -60%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $2,982.76 ↓ -59%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,366.00 ↓ -26%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $6,279.00 ↓ -14%
HORIZON OMNIA $6,396.21 ↓ -12%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $6,415.00 ↓ -12%
AETNA ASA $6,555.28 ↓ -10%
HORIZON PIP $6,602.00 ↓ -9%
CIGNA BH $6,697.60 ↓ -8%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $7,116.20 ↓ -2%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,270.51 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,270.51 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $7,270.51 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $7,270.51 ↑ +0%
QUALCARE PPO $7,367.36 ↑ +1%
QUALCARE HMO $7,367.36 ↑ +1%
CIGNA PPO $7,525.59 ↑ +4%
CIGNA HMO $7,525.59 ↑ +4%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,634.04 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,779.45 ↑ +7%
HORIZON SHP $7,811.08 ↑ +7%
HORIZON HMO $7,886.42 ↑ +8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,924.86 ↑ +9%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $7,995.26 ↑ +10%
HORIZON PPO $8,087.35 ↑ +11%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +16%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +16%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $8,724.61 ↑ +20%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +37%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $18,226.00 ↑ +151%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $23,041.00 ↑ +217%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Implant neuroelectrodes at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $7,264.21 $7,264.21 – $8,717.05
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $7,728.86 $685.83 – $8,115.31
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $7,172.46 $665.10 – $8,606.95
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $7,270.51 $188.18 – $7,270.51
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $7,264.21 $665.10 – $8,717.05
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $7,728.86 $685.83 – $8,424.46
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $7,264.21 $665.10 – $8,717.05
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $7,172.46 $665.10 – $8,606.95

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