Low cost skin substitute app 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

$678.13

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.

$1,921.00

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.

$255.49 with AETNA 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.

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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 $255.49 ↓ -62%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $345.78 ↓ -49%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $397.65 ↓ -41%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $678.13 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $678.13 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $678.13 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $678.13 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $712.04 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $725.60 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $739.16 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $813.76 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↑ +75%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,440.75 ↑ +112%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,456.08 ↑ +115%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,467.64 ↑ +116%
AETNA ASA $1,504.14 ↑ +122%
CIGNA BH $1,536.80 ↑ +127%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,626.96 ↑ +140%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,632.85 ↑ +141%
QUALCARE PPO $1,690.48 ↑ +149%
QUALCARE HMO $1,690.48 ↑ +149%
HORIZON SHP $1,792.29 ↑ +164%
HORIZON HMO $1,809.58 ↑ +167%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,834.56 ↑ +171%
HORIZON PPO $1,855.69 ↑ +174%
CIGNA HMO $2,139.00 ↑ +215%
CIGNA PPO $2,396.00 ↑ +253%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,438.00 ↑ +260%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $2,761.00 ↑ +307%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,915.00 ↑ +330%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $3,392.00 ↑ +400%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,366.00 ↑ +691%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $6,415.00 ↑ +846%
HORIZON PIP $6,602.00 ↑ +874%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +1142%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +1142%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +1365%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $1,009.49 $79.35 – $1,373.52
Community Medical Center Toms River $727.97 $81.26 – $1,331.27
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $585.36 $78.39 – $1,366.65
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $992.34 $143.88 – $1,373.52
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $729.37 $86.04 – $1,434.55
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $767.98 $156.78 – $1,348.30
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $678.13 $95.60 – $678.13
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $677.54 $677.54 – $813.05

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