Pet image ltd area 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

$1,446.24

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.

$4,247.00

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.

$564.85 with AETNA vs $4,102.60 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 $564.85 ↓ -61%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $764.46 ↓ -47%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $879.13 ↓ -39%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,168.09 ↓ -19%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,446.24 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,446.24 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,446.24 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,446.24 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,518.55 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,547.47 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,576.40 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $1,735.48 ↑ +20%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,344.34 ↑ +62%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,548.20 ↑ +76%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $2,884.17 ↑ +99%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $2,907.82 ↑ +101%
QUALCARE HMO $3,062.09 ↑ +112%
QUALCARE PPO $3,062.09 ↑ +112%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $3,185.25 ↑ +120%
HORIZON OMNIA $3,244.71 ↑ +124%
HORIZON PIP $3,287.18 ↑ +127%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $3,310.11 ↑ +129%
AETNA ASA $3,325.40 ↑ +130%
CIGNA BH $3,397.60 ↑ +135%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,444.98 ↑ +138%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $3,535.83 ↑ +144%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $3,535.83 ↑ +144%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $3,568.75 ↑ +147%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $3,609.95 ↑ +150%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $3,822.30 ↑ +164%
AETNA HMO $3,822.30 ↑ +164%
AETNA PPO $3,822.30 ↑ +164%
HORIZON SHP $3,962.45 ↑ +174%
HORIZON HMO $4,000.67 ↑ +177%
CIGNA HMO $4,009.56 ↑ +177%
CIGNA PPO $4,009.56 ↑ +177%
HORIZON PPO $4,102.60 ↑ +184%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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