Ligation of salivary duct 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

$3,592.74

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$9,386.00

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.

$478.45 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

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 $478.45 ↓ -87%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -67%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,248.34 ↓ -65%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,456.08 ↓ -59%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,626.96 ↓ -55%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,689.48 ↓ -53%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,942.90 ↓ -46%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,577.00 ↓ -28%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,915.00 ↓ -19%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,592.74 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,592.74 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3,592.74 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,592.74 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,772.37 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,844.23 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,916.08 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $4,311.29 ↑ +20%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,366.00 ↑ +49%
CIGNA HMO $6,395.00 ↑ +78%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $6,415.00 ↑ +79%
HORIZON PIP $6,602.00 ↑ +84%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $7,039.50 ↑ +96%
CIGNA PPO $7,163.00 ↑ +99%
HORIZON OMNIA $7,170.90 ↑ +100%
AETNA ASA $7,349.24 ↑ +105%
CIGNA BH $7,508.80 ↑ +109%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $7,978.10 ↑ +122%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,086.00 ↑ +125%
HORIZON SHP $8,229.00 ↑ +129%
QUALCARE PPO $8,259.68 ↑ +130%
QUALCARE HMO $8,259.68 ↑ +130%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +134%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +134%
HORIZON HMO $8,841.61 ↑ +146%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $8,963.63 ↑ +149%
HORIZON PPO $9,066.88 ↑ +152%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +176%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,156.00 ↑ +183%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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