Penicillin g benzathine 1,200,000 unit/2 ml intramuscular syringe 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

$29.30

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.

$119.32

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.

$20.96 with CLOVER vs $112.49 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.96 ↓ -28%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $24.91 ↓ -15%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $28.90 ↓ -1%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $29.30 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $29.30 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $30.77 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $31.35 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $31.94 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $32.30 ↑ +10%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $32.30 ↑ +10%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $35.16 ↑ +20%
QUALCARE HMO $43.67 ↑ +49%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $43.67 ↑ +49%
QUALCARE PPO $43.67 ↑ +49%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $52.40 ↑ +79%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $52.40 ↑ +79%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $55.19 ↑ +88%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $57.06 ↑ +95%
CIGNA PPO $57.64 ↑ +97%
CIGNA HMO $57.64 ↑ +97%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $58.23 ↑ +99%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $58.23 ↑ +99%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $61.70 ↑ +111%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $68.59 ↑ +134%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $69.87 ↑ +138%
AETNA PPO $71.03 ↑ +142%
AETNA HMO $71.03 ↑ +142%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $87.34 ↑ +198%
HORIZON OMNIA $88.97 ↑ +204%
HORIZON PIP $90.13 ↑ +208%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $90.76 ↑ +210%
AETNA ASA $91.18 ↑ +211%
CIGNA BH $93.16 ↑ +218%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $97.85 ↑ +234%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $98.98 ↑ +238%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $104.81 ↑ +258%
HORIZON SHP $108.65 ↑ +271%
HORIZON HMO $109.70 ↑ +274%
HORIZON PPO $112.49 ↑ +284%

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Penicillin g benzathine 1,200,000 unit/2 ml intramuscular syringe at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $29.30 $17.73 – $32.30
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Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $29.30 $24.91 – $32.30
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $29.30 $24.91 – $35.16
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth not published $4.14 – $58.33
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston not published $21.73 – $60.18
Community Medical Center Toms River not published $21.73 – $58.33
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville not published $21.73 – $59.88

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