Parathyroid planar imaging 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

$445.16

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.

$1,509.00

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.

$83.25 with HORIZON vs $1,457.69 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
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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 $83.25 ↓ -81%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $194.93 ↓ -56%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $196.53 ↓ -56%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $200.70 ↓ -55%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $271.62 ↓ -39%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $312.36 ↓ -30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $313.23 ↓ -30%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $445.16 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $445.16 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $445.16 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $445.16 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $467.41 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $476.32 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $485.22 ↑ +9%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $525.47 ↑ +18%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $534.19 ↑ +20%
AETNA HMO $763.98 ↑ +72%
AETNA PPO $763.98 ↑ +72%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $832.97 ↑ +87%
CIGNA PPO $934.01 ↑ +110%
CIGNA HMO $934.01 ↑ +110%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,021.05 ↑ +129%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,021.05 ↑ +129%
QUALCARE PPO $1,087.99 ↑ +144%
QUALCARE HMO $1,087.99 ↑ +144%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,131.75 ↑ +154%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,131.75 ↑ +154%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,152.88 ↑ +159%
HORIZON PIP $1,167.97 ↑ +162%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $1,176.11 ↑ +164%
AETNA ASA $1,181.55 ↑ +165%
CIGNA BH $1,207.20 ↑ +171%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,268.01 ↑ +185%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,282.65 ↑ +188%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,358.10 ↑ +205%
HORIZON SHP $1,407.90 ↑ +216%
HORIZON HMO $1,421.48 ↑ +219%
HORIZON PPO $1,457.69 ↑ +227%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $455.73 $96.20 – $1,209.58
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