Nerve conduction studies 1-2 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

$173.33

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$347.00

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.

$46.15 with AETNA vs $1,716.00 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $46.15 ↓ -73%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $62.46 ↓ -64%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $71.83 ↓ -59%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $133.83 ↓ -23%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $158.09 ↓ -9%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $173.33 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $173.33 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $173.33 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $173.33 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $182.00 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $185.46 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $188.93 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $204.38 ↑ +18%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $208.00 ↑ +20%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $230.76 ↑ +33%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $260.25 ↑ +50%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $260.25 ↑ +50%
HORIZON OMNIA $265.11 ↑ +53%
HORIZON PIP $268.58 ↑ +55%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $270.45 ↑ +56%
AETNA ASA $271.70 ↑ +57%
CIGNA BH $277.60 ↑ +60%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $291.58 ↑ +68%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $294.95 ↑ +70%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $300.33 ↑ +73%
AETNA HMO $312.30 ↑ +80%
AETNA PPO $312.30 ↑ +80%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $312.30 ↑ +80%
QUALCARE HMO $315.08 ↑ +82%
QUALCARE PPO $315.08 ↑ +82%
HORIZON SHP $323.75 ↑ +87%
HORIZON HMO $326.87 ↑ +89%
CIGNA HMO $331.84 ↑ +91%
CIGNA PPO $331.84 ↑ +91%
HORIZON PPO $335.20 ↑ +93%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $337.60 ↑ +95%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,225.00 ↑ +607%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,716.00 ↑ +890%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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