Insertion/replacement temporary single chamber electrode/pacemaker catheter at Raritan Bay Medical Center
530 New Brunswick Avenue, Perth Amboy, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297455
$9,168.30
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.
$11,070.00
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.
$329.78 with KARNA vs $11,001.96 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.
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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| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $329.78 | ↓ -96% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $427.50 | ↓ -95% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,472.31 | ↓ -84% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,992.60 | ↓ -78% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,291.49 | ↓ -75% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $3,882.88 | ↓ -58% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $4,338.56 | ↓ -53% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $6,520.23 | ↓ -29% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $6,705.10 | ↓ -27% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $7,084.80 | ↓ -23% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $7,361.55 | ↓ -20% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $8,302.50 | ↓ -9% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $8,302.50 | ↓ -9% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $8,457.48 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $8,568.18 | ↓ -7% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $8,627.96 | ↓ -6% |
| AETNA | ASA | $8,667.81 | ↓ -5% |
| CIGNA | BH | $8,856.00 | ↓ -3% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $9,014.30 | ↓ -2% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,168.30 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $9,168.30 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $9,168.30 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $9,168.30 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $9,302.12 | ↑ +1% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,409.50 | ↑ +3% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $9,626.71 | ↑ +5% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $9,810.08 | ↑ +7% |
| AETNA | HMO | $9,963.00 | ↑ +9% |
| AETNA | PPO | $9,963.00 | ↑ +9% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $9,993.44 | ↑ +9% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $10,051.56 | ↑ +10% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $10,051.56 | ↑ +10% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $10,328.31 | ↑ +13% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $10,427.94 | ↑ +14% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $10,586.24 | ↑ +15% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $10,586.24 | ↑ +15% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $10,693.62 | ↑ +17% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $11,001.96 | ↑ +20% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Insertion/replacement temporary single chamber electrode/pacemaker catheter at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $6,839.00 | $283.86 – $18,569.98 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $3,786.00 | $290.70 – $17,998.85 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $3,986.00 | $280.44 – $18,477.13 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $5,339.00 | $102.70 – $19,395.12 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $5,419.00 | $560.88 – $18,229.10 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $9,160.35 | $9,160.35 – $10,992.42 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $9,746.29 | $329.78 – $10,233.61 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $9,044.65 | $104.00 – $10,853.58 |