Implant spine infusion pump 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

$19,579.74

Cash price

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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.

$35,002.00

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.

$831.77 with KARNA vs $35,925.00 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $831.77 ↓ -96%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,241.00 ↓ -89%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,379.00 ↓ -88%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $2,669.48 ↓ -86%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,915.00 ↓ -85%
CIGNA HMO $2,981.00 ↓ -85%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $2,982.76 ↓ -85%
CIGNA PPO $3,336.00 ↓ -83%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $4,655.27 ↓ -76%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,366.00 ↓ -73%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,300.36 ↓ -68%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $6,415.00 ↓ -67%
HORIZON PIP $6,602.00 ↓ -66%
HORIZON OMNIA $7,185.00 ↓ -63%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $7,245.41 ↓ -63%
HORIZON SHP $8,229.00 ↓ -58%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↓ -57%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↓ -57%
QUALCARE HMO $8,762.00 ↓ -55%
HORIZON HMO $8,876.00 ↓ -55%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $8,992.00 ↓ -54%
HORIZON PPO $9,102.00 ↓ -54%
QUALCARE PPO $9,347.00 ↓ -52%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↓ -49%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $15,603.00 ↓ -20%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19,579.74 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $19,579.74 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $19,579.74 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19,579.74 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20,558.73 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20,950.33 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21,341.92 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $23,495.69 ↑ +20%
AETNA ASA $27,406.57 ↑ +40%
CIGNA BH $28,001.60 ↑ +43%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $28,368.00 ↑ +45%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $29,751.70 ↑ +52%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $35,925.00 ↑ +83%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Implant spine infusion pump at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $19,562.78 $19,562.78 – $23,475.33
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $20,814.10 $831.77 – $21,854.81
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $19,315.69 $806.72 – $23,178.83
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $19,579.74 $570.00 – $19,579.74
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $19,562.78 $806.72 – $23,475.33
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $20,814.10 $831.77 – $22,687.37
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $19,562.78 $806.72 – $23,475.33
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $19,315.69 $806.72 – $23,178.83

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