Pelvic CT scan (without contrast) at Raritan Bay Medical Center
530 New Brunswick Avenue, Perth Amboy, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297455
$117.81
Cash price 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.
$2,805.00
Gross charge 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.
$117.81 with WELLCARE vs $2,921.00 with QUALCARE — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $117.81 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $117.81 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $117.81 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $117.81 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $123.70 | ↑ +5% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $126.05 | ↑ +7% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $128.41 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $141.37 | ↑ +20% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $254.78 | ↑ +116% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $254.78 | ↑ +116% |
| AETNA | HMO | $256.32 | ↑ +118% |
| AETNA | PPO | $256.32 | ↑ +118% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $261.64 | ↑ +122% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $265.07 | ↑ +125% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $265.07 | ↑ +125% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $323.19 | ↑ +174% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $373.07 | ↑ +217% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $504.90 | ↑ +329% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $541.03 | ↑ +359% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $545.47 | ↑ +363% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $580.64 | ↑ +393% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $714.00 | ↑ +506% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $954.00 | ↑ +710% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $1,752.00 | ↑ +1387% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,935.45 | ↑ +1543% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,103.75 | ↑ +1686% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $2,143.02 | ↑ +1719% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $2,171.07 | ↑ +1743% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $2,186.22 | ↑ +1756% |
| AETNA | ASA | $2,196.32 | ↑ +1764% |
| CIGNA | BH | $2,244.00 | ↑ +1805% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $2,357.04 | ↑ +1901% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,384.25 | ↑ +1924% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $2,617.07 | ↑ +2121% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $2,642.31 | ↑ +2143% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $2,709.63 | ↑ +2200% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $2,921.00 | ↑ +2379% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $2,921.00 | ↑ +2379% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Pelvic CT scan (without contrast) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $379.15 | $70.61 – $513.22 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $428.03 | $119.31 – $726.00 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $418.94 | $116.22 – $726.00 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $401.77 | $119.31 – $726.00 |
| Childrens Specialized Hospital | Mountainside | $820.50 | $143.64 – $143.64 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $420.76 | $72.69 – $726.00 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $419.75 | $91.38 – $704.00 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $441.97 | $117.70 – $726.00 |