Mediastinoscpy w/lmph nod bx 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

$6,463.42

Cash price

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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.

$9,299.00

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.

$832.18 with KARNA vs $19,497.00 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $832.18 ↓ -87%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,236.77 ↓ -81%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,673.82 ↓ -74%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,924.89 ↓ -70%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,379.00 ↓ -63%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,438.00 ↓ -62%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $2,669.48 ↓ -59%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,915.00 ↓ -55%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $2,982.76 ↓ -54%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,366.00 ↓ -17%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $6,415.00 ↓ -1%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,463.42 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,463.42 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $6,463.42 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $6,463.42 ↑ +0%
HORIZON PIP $6,602.00 ↑ +2%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,786.59 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,915.86 ↑ +7%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $6,974.25 ↑ +8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,045.13 ↑ +9%
HORIZON OMNIA $7,104.44 ↑ +10%
AETNA ASA $7,281.12 ↑ +13%
CIGNA BH $7,439.20 ↑ +15%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $7,756.10 ↑ +20%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $7,904.15 ↑ +22%
QUALCARE PPO $8,183.12 ↑ +27%
QUALCARE HMO $8,183.12 ↑ +27%
HORIZON SHP $8,229.00 ↑ +27%
CIGNA PPO $8,358.87 ↑ +29%
CIGNA HMO $8,358.87 ↑ +29%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +30%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +30%
HORIZON HMO $8,759.66 ↑ +36%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $8,880.55 ↑ +37%
HORIZON PPO $8,982.83 ↑ +39%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +54%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $15,438.00 ↑ +139%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $19,497.00 ↑ +202%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $200.24 – $12,752.52
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $371.84 – $13,091.38
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Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $367.36 – $13,025.92
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Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $259.13 – $13,673.07
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $734.72 – $12,851.06
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $6,457.82 $6,457.82 – $7,749.38

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