Pet CT whole body initial 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

$1,615.86

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.

$10,450.00

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.

$1,389.85 with AETNA vs $10,094.70 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,389.85 ↓ -14%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,615.86 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,615.86 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,615.86 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,615.86 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,696.65 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,728.97 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,761.28 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,859.31 ↑ +15%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,881.00 ↑ +16%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $1,939.03 ↑ +20%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,163.15 ↑ +34%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,053.69 ↑ +89%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $3,528.64 ↑ +118%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $3,557.56 ↑ +120%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $4,008.02 ↑ +148%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $4,008.02 ↑ +148%
CIGNA HMO $4,009.56 ↑ +148%
CIGNA PPO $4,009.56 ↑ +148%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,768.40 ↑ +257%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $6,270.00 ↑ +288%
AETNA PPO $6,899.09 ↑ +327%
AETNA HMO $6,899.09 ↑ +327%
QUALCARE HMO $7,534.45 ↑ +366%
QUALCARE PPO $7,534.45 ↑ +366%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $7,837.50 ↑ +385%
HORIZON OMNIA $7,983.80 ↑ +394%
HORIZON PIP $8,088.30 ↑ +401%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $8,144.73 ↑ +404%
AETNA ASA $8,182.35 ↑ +406%
CIGNA BH $8,360.00 ↑ +417%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $8,781.14 ↑ +443%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $8,882.50 ↑ +450%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,405.00 ↑ +482%
HORIZON SHP $9,749.85 ↑ +503%
HORIZON HMO $9,843.90 ↑ +509%
HORIZON PPO $10,094.70 ↑ +525%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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