Insert tissue expander(s) 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

$4,055.70

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.

$7,076.00

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.

$941.11 with AETNA vs $13,893.00 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 $941.11 ↓ -77%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -71%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,273.68 ↓ -69%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,464.73 ↓ -64%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,213.51 ↓ -45%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,241.00 ↓ -45%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $2,669.48 ↓ -34%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,915.00 ↓ -28%
CIGNA HMO $2,981.00 ↓ -26%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $2,982.76 ↓ -26%
CIGNA PPO $3,336.00 ↓ -18%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,055.70 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,055.70 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $4,055.70 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $4,055.70 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,258.48 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,339.59 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4,420.71 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $4,866.83 ↑ +20%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $5,307.00 ↑ +31%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,366.00 ↑ +32%
HORIZON OMNIA $5,406.06 ↑ +33%
AETNA ASA $5,540.51 ↑ +37%
CIGNA BH $5,660.80 ↑ +40%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $6,014.60 ↑ +48%
QUALCARE HMO $6,226.88 ↑ +54%
QUALCARE PPO $6,226.88 ↑ +54%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $6,415.00 ↑ +58%
HORIZON SHP $6,601.91 ↑ +63%
HORIZON PIP $6,602.00 ↑ +63%
HORIZON HMO $6,665.59 ↑ +64%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $6,757.58 ↑ +67%
HORIZON PPO $6,835.42 ↑ +69%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +108%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +108%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +145%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $11,028.00 ↑ +172%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $13,893.00 ↑ +243%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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