Manipulation chest wall demonstration/evaluation subsequent 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

$142.80

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$208.00

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.

$27.66 with AETNA vs $2,682.00 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $27.66 ↓ -81%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $37.44 ↓ -74%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $43.06 ↓ -70%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $71.48 ↓ -50%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $105.00 ↓ -26%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $122.51 ↓ -14%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $138.32 ↓ -3%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $142.80 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $142.80 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $142.80 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $142.80 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $149.94 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $152.79 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $155.65 ↑ +9%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $156.00 ↑ +9%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $156.00 ↑ +9%
HORIZON OMNIA $158.91 ↑ +11%
HORIZON PIP $160.99 ↑ +13%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $162.12 ↑ +14%
AETNA ASA $162.86 ↑ +14%
CIGNA BH $166.40 ↑ +17%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $171.36 ↑ +20%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $174.78 ↑ +22%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $176.80 ↑ +24%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $180.02 ↑ +26%
AETNA PPO $187.20 ↑ +31%
AETNA HMO $187.20 ↑ +31%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $187.20 ↑ +31%
QUALCARE HMO $188.86 ↑ +32%
QUALCARE PPO $188.86 ↑ +32%
HORIZON SHP $194.06 ↑ +36%
HORIZON HMO $195.94 ↑ +37%
CIGNA PPO $198.91 ↑ +39%
CIGNA HMO $198.91 ↑ +39%
HORIZON PPO $200.93 ↑ +41%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $202.36 ↑ +42%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $396.00 ↑ +177%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $2,682.00 ↑ +1778%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Manipulation chest wall demonstration/evaluation subsequent at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $40.54 $99.72 – $281.74
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $65.47 $69.72 – $289.24
Community Medical Center Toms River $44.79 $71.40 – $280.33
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $40.97 $68.88 – $287.79
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $56.50 $394.00 – $394.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $64.36 $126.42 – $289.24
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $44.88 $75.60 – $302.08
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $47.26 $137.76 – $283.91

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