Injection into vocal cord at Raritan Bay Medical Center
530 New Brunswick Avenue, Perth Amboy, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297455
$430.18
Cash price 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.
$1,040.00
Gross charge 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.
$138.32 with AETNA vs $9,933.00 with BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $138.32 | ↓ -68% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $187.20 | ↓ -56% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $215.28 | ↓ -50% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $279.58 | ↓ -35% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $430.18 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $430.18 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $430.18 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $430.18 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $451.69 | ↑ +5% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $460.29 | ↑ +7% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $468.89 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $516.21 | ↑ +20% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $780.00 | ↑ +81% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $794.56 | ↑ +85% |
| AETNA | ASA | $814.32 | ↑ +89% |
| CIGNA | BH | $832.00 | ↑ +93% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $884.00 | ↑ +105% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $915.20 | ↑ +113% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $915.20 | ↑ +113% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $970.32 | ↑ +126% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $979.68 | ↑ +128% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $993.20 | ↑ +131% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $1,004.64 | ↑ +134% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,189.00 | ↑ +176% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $2,241.00 | ↑ +421% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $2,669.48 | ↑ +521% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,761.00 | ↑ +542% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,915.00 | ↑ +578% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $2,981.00 | ↑ +593% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $2,982.76 | ↑ +593% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $3,336.00 | ↑ +675% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $3,392.00 | ↑ +689% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $5,366.00 | ↑ +1147% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $6,415.00 | ↑ +1391% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $6,602.00 | ↑ +1435% |
| AETNA | PPO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +1857% |
| AETNA | HMO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +1857% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,933.00 | ↑ +2209% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Injection into vocal cord at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $429.80 | $429.80 – $515.77 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $457.30 | $279.58 – $480.16 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $424.38 | $270.87 – $509.25 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $430.18 | $240.00 – $430.18 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $429.80 | $270.87 – $515.77 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $457.30 | $279.58 – $498.45 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $429.80 | $270.87 – $515.77 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $424.38 | $270.87 – $509.25 |