Mayo nickel 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

$24.51

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.

$67.00

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.

$8.91 with AETNA vs $112.31 with CIGNA — 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 $8.91 ↓ -64%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $24.51 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24.51 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $24.51 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24.51 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $24.51 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $24.51 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $25.74 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $26.23 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $26.72 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $29.41 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $32.60 ↑ +33%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $44.56 ↑ +82%
AETNA PPO $46.10 ↑ +88%
AETNA HMO $46.10 ↑ +88%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $50.25 ↑ +105%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $50.25 ↑ +105%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $50.31 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $50.31 ↑ +105%
HORIZON OMNIA $51.19 ↑ +109%
HORIZON PIP $51.86 ↑ +112%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $52.22 ↑ +113%
AETNA ASA $52.46 ↑ +114%
CIGNA BH $53.60 ↑ +119%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $53.60 ↑ +119%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $53.78 ↑ +119%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $56.30 ↑ +130%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $56.95 ↑ +132%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $57.99 ↑ +137%
QUALCARE PPO $60.84 ↑ +148%
QUALCARE HMO $60.84 ↑ +148%
HORIZON SHP $62.51 ↑ +155%
HORIZON HMO $63.11 ↑ +157%
HORIZON PPO $64.72 ↑ +164%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $65.18 ↑ +166%
CIGNA HMO $112.31 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $112.31 ↑ +358%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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