Mayo organic acids qualitative each specimen 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

$16.45

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.

$1,118.00

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.

$13.97 with AETNA vs $102.15 with AMERIHEALTH — 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 $13.97 ↓ -15%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.45 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $16.45 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.45 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $16.45 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $16.45 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $16.45 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.27 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.60 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.93 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $19.74 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.88 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $33.76 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $33.76 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $36.13 ↑ +120%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $69.83 ↑ +324%
AETNA PPO $72.24 ↑ +339%
AETNA HMO $72.24 ↑ +339%
CIGNA PPO $75.38 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $75.38 ↑ +358%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $78.75 ↑ +379%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $78.75 ↑ +379%
HORIZON OMNIA $80.22 ↑ +388%
HORIZON PIP $81.27 ↑ +394%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $81.84 ↑ +398%
AETNA ASA $82.22 ↑ +400%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $84.00 ↑ +411%
CIGNA BH $84.00 ↑ +411%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $88.23 ↑ +436%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $89.25 ↑ +443%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $90.88 ↑ +452%
QUALCARE HMO $95.34 ↑ +480%
QUALCARE PPO $95.34 ↑ +480%
HORIZON SHP $97.97 ↑ +496%
HORIZON HMO $98.91 ↑ +501%
HORIZON PPO $101.43 ↑ +517%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $102.15 ↑ +521%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $18.10 $7.73 – $69.39
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