Insert ant drainage device 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

$4,456.60

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.

$7,810.00

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.

$1,038.73 with AETNA vs $19,497.00 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 $1,038.73 ↓ -77%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,405.80 ↓ -68%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,616.67 ↓ -64%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,212.63 ↓ -50%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,379.00 ↓ -47%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,438.00 ↓ -45%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,915.00 ↓ -35%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,456.60 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,456.60 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $4,456.60 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $4,456.60 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,679.44 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,768.57 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,857.70 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $5,347.93 ↑ +20%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,366.00 ↑ +20%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $5,824.32 ↑ +31%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $5,857.50 ↑ +31%
HORIZON OMNIA $5,966.84 ↑ +34%
AETNA ASA $6,115.23 ↑ +37%
CIGNA BH $6,248.00 ↑ +40%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $6,415.00 ↑ +44%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $6,507.84 ↑ +46%
HORIZON PIP $6,602.00 ↑ +48%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $6,638.50 ↑ +49%
QUALCARE PPO $6,872.80 ↑ +54%
QUALCARE HMO $6,872.80 ↑ +54%
CIGNA HMO $7,020.41 ↑ +58%
CIGNA PPO $7,020.41 ↑ +58%
HORIZON SHP $7,286.73 ↑ +64%
HORIZON HMO $7,357.02 ↑ +65%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $7,458.55 ↑ +67%
HORIZON PPO $7,544.46 ↑ +69%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +89%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +89%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +123%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $15,438.00 ↑ +246%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $19,497.00 ↑ +337%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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