Insitu hybridization (fish) 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

$189.84

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.

$1,139.00

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.

$51.07 with AETNA vs $597.81 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 $51.07 ↓ -73%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $79.49 ↓ -58%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $160.62 ↓ -15%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $189.84 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $189.84 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $189.84 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $189.84 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $199.33 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $203.12 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $206.92 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $227.80 ↑ +20%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $255.36 ↑ +35%
AETNA PPO $264.19 ↑ +39%
AETNA HMO $264.19 ↑ +39%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $288.00 ↑ +52%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $288.00 ↑ +52%
HORIZON OMNIA $293.38 ↑ +55%
HORIZON PIP $297.22 ↑ +57%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $299.29 ↑ +58%
AETNA ASA $300.67 ↑ +58%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $307.20 ↑ +62%
CIGNA BH $307.20 ↑ +62%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $322.68 ↑ +70%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $326.40 ↑ +72%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $332.35 ↑ +75%
QUALCARE HMO $348.67 ↑ +84%
QUALCARE PPO $348.67 ↑ +84%
HORIZON SHP $358.27 ↑ +89%
HORIZON HMO $361.73 ↑ +91%
CIGNA PPO $367.22 ↑ +93%
CIGNA HMO $367.22 ↑ +93%
HORIZON PPO $370.94 ↑ +95%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $373.59 ↑ +97%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $527.79 ↑ +178%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $597.81 ↑ +215%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $597.81 ↑ +215%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Insitu hybridization (fish) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $189.67 $160.62 – $597.81
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $201.80 $97.33 – $672.67
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $187.28 $160.62 – $500.92
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $189.84 $171.36 – $634.95
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $189.67 $160.62 – $650.97
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $201.80 $107.37 – $1,228.50
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $189.67 $160.62 – $597.81
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $187.28 $160.62 – $500.92

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