Inj, levothyroxine, freskabi 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

$7.10

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.

$53.58

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.

$6.04 with HORIZON vs $33.39 with HORIZON — 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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $6.04 ↓ -15%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.22 ↓ -12%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $7.10 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.10 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.46 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.60 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.74 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $8.52 ↑ +20%
QUALCARE HMO $12.96 ↑ +83%
QUALCARE PPO $12.96 ↑ +83%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $12.96 ↑ +83%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.56 ↑ +119%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $15.56 ↑ +119%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $16.38 ↑ +131%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $16.94 ↑ +139%
CIGNA HMO $17.11 ↑ +141%
CIGNA PPO $17.11 ↑ +141%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $17.29 ↑ +144%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $17.29 ↑ +144%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $18.32 ↑ +158%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $20.36 ↑ +187%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $20.74 ↑ +192%
AETNA HMO $21.09 ↑ +197%
AETNA PPO $21.09 ↑ +197%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $25.93 ↑ +265%
HORIZON OMNIA $26.41 ↑ +272%
HORIZON PIP $26.76 ↑ +277%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $26.94 ↑ +279%
AETNA ASA $27.07 ↑ +281%
CIGNA BH $27.66 ↑ +290%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $29.05 ↑ +309%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $29.38 ↑ +314%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $31.11 ↑ +338%
HORIZON SHP $32.25 ↑ +354%
HORIZON HMO $32.56 ↑ +359%
HORIZON PPO $33.39 ↑ +370%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO not published by hospital

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Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth not published $4.01 – $8.30
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston not published $3.82 – $8.58
Community Medical Center Toms River not published $3.82 – $8.30
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville not published $3.82 – $8.54
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark not published $3.82 – $8.54
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City not published $3.82 – $8.96
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch not published $3.82 – $8.42
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton Hamilton Township not published $4.01 – $8.30

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