Kidney endoscopy 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

$5,631.74

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.

$7,798.00

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.

$651.57 with KARNA vs $10,156.00 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $651.57 ↓ -88%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,037.13 ↓ -82%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -79%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,403.64 ↓ -75%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,456.08 ↓ -74%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,614.19 ↓ -71%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,626.96 ↓ -71%
CIGNA HMO $2,139.00 ↓ -62%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,241.00 ↓ -60%
CIGNA PPO $2,396.00 ↓ -57%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,915.00 ↓ -48%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,366.00 ↓ -5%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,631.74 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,631.74 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $5,631.74 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $5,631.74 ↑ +0%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $5,848.50 ↑ +4%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5,913.32 ↑ +5%
HORIZON OMNIA $5,957.67 ↑ +6%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,025.96 ↑ +7%
AETNA ASA $6,105.83 ↑ +8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,138.59 ↑ +9%
CIGNA BH $6,238.40 ↑ +11%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $6,415.00 ↑ +14%
HORIZON PIP $6,602.00 ↑ +17%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $6,628.30 ↑ +18%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $6,758.08 ↑ +20%
QUALCARE HMO $6,862.24 ↑ +22%
QUALCARE PPO $6,862.24 ↑ +22%
HORIZON SHP $7,275.53 ↑ +29%
HORIZON HMO $7,345.72 ↑ +30%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $7,447.09 ↑ +32%
HORIZON PPO $7,532.87 ↑ +34%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,086.00 ↑ +44%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +49%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +49%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +76%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,156.00 ↑ +80%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $196.86 – $11,111.58
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $259.11 – $11,406.84
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Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $254.76 – $11,913.69
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $511.98 – $11,197.45
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