Methotrexate sodium 2.5 mg tablet 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

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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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$43.12

Gross charge

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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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$0.17 with HORIZON vs $9.89 with HORIZON — 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

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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $0.17
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $0.36
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $0.47
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $0.47
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1.59
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1.84
QUALCARE PPO $3.84
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $3.84
QUALCARE HMO $3.84
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.61
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $4.61
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $4.85
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $5.02
CIGNA PPO $5.07
CIGNA HMO $5.07
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $5.12
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $5.12
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $5.43
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $6.03
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $6.14
AETNA HMO $6.25
AETNA PPO $6.25
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $7.68
HORIZON OMNIA $7.82
HORIZON PIP $7.93
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $7.98
AETNA ASA $8.02
CIGNA BH $8.19
HORIZON INDEMNITY $8.60
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $8.70
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9.22
HORIZON SHP $9.55
HORIZON HMO $9.65
HORIZON PPO $9.89
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP not published by hospital
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Methotrexate sodium 2.5 mg tablet at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth not published $0.19 – $3.25
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston not published $0.18 – $0.28
Community Medical Center Toms River not published $0.18 – $0.28
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville not published $0.18 – $0.28
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark not published $0.18 – $0.28
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City not published $0.18 – $4.21
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch not published $0.18 – $0.28
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison not published $0.17 – $0.94

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