Meg spontaneous 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

$1,127.09

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.

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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.

$1,127.09 with VACCN vs $6,323.22 with KARNA — 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
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,127.09 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,127.09 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,127.09 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,127.09 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,183.44 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,205.98 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,228.52 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $1,352.50 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,829.15 ↑ +151%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $3,085.55 ↑ +174%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,323.22 ↑ +461%

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Meg spontaneous at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $1,126.11 $1,126.11 – $1,351.33
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $1,198.14 $958.51 – $6,323.22
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $1,111.89 $1,017.39 – $6,192.48
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $1,127.09 $1,017.39 – $6,323.22
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $1,126.11 $1,126.11 – $6,192.48
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $1,198.14 $1,198.14 – $6,323.22
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $1,126.11 $1,126.11 – $6,192.48
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $1,111.89 $1,111.89 – $6,192.48

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