Large Joint Injection or Fluid Draw (both sides) at Raritan Bay Medical Center
530 New Brunswick Avenue, Perth Amboy, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297455
$327.02
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.
$1,573.00
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.
$96.10 with KARNA vs $9,933.00 with BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN — 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 | $96.10 | ↓ -71% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $97.95 | ↓ -70% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $209.21 | ↓ -36% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $243.82 | ↓ -25% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $283.14 | ↓ -13% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $325.61 | ↓ -0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $327.02 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $327.02 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $327.02 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $327.02 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $343.37 | ↑ +5% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $349.91 | ↑ +7% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $392.42 | ↑ +20% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $606.70 | ↑ +86% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $677.90 | ↑ +107% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,179.75 | ↑ +261% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,189.00 | ↑ +264% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $1,201.77 | ↑ +267% |
| AETNA | ASA | $1,231.66 | ↑ +277% |
| CIGNA | BH | $1,258.40 | ↑ +285% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,337.05 | ↑ +309% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $1,384.24 | ↑ +323% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $1,384.24 | ↑ +323% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $1,467.61 | ↑ +349% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $1,481.77 | ↑ +353% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $1,502.22 | ↑ +359% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $1,519.52 | ↑ +365% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $2,139.00 | ↑ +554% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $2,396.00 | ↑ +633% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,761.00 | ↑ +744% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,915.00 | ↑ +791% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $3,392.00 | ↑ +937% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $5,366.00 | ↑ +1541% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $6,415.00 | ↑ +1862% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $6,602.00 | ↑ +1919% |
| AETNA | PPO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +2474% |
| AETNA | HMO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +2474% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,933.00 | ↑ +2937% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Large Joint Injection or Fluid Draw (both sides) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $5,855.00 | $33.52 – $645.22 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $6,839.00 | $65.04 – $662.36 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $3,786.00 | $66.61 – $641.99 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $3,986.00 | $64.26 – $659.05 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $4,881.00 | $34.50 – $662.36 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $5,339.00 | $43.38 – $691.78 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $5,419.00 | $128.51 – $650.19 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $326.73 | $326.73 – $392.08 |