Place device/marker, non pro 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

$1,515.79

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.

$5,371.00

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.

$714.34 with AETNA vs $9,933.00 with BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN — 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 $714.34 ↓ -53%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $966.78 ↓ -36%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,111.80 ↓ -27%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,515.79 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,515.79 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,515.79 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,515.79 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,591.58 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,621.89 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,652.21 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $1,818.94 ↑ +20%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,438.00 ↑ +61%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,915.00 ↑ +92%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,163.52 ↑ +109%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $3,253.21 ↑ +115%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $4,028.25 ↑ +166%
HORIZON OMNIA $4,103.44 ↑ +171%
AETNA ASA $4,205.49 ↑ +177%
CIGNA BH $4,296.80 ↑ +183%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $4,373.61 ↑ +189%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $4,565.35 ↑ +201%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $4,648.60 ↑ +207%
QUALCARE PPO $4,726.48 ↑ +212%
QUALCARE HMO $4,726.48 ↑ +212%
HORIZON SHP $5,011.14 ↑ +231%
HORIZON HMO $5,059.48 ↑ +234%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $5,129.31 ↑ +238%
CIGNA HMO $5,136.29 ↑ +239%
CIGNA PPO $5,136.29 ↑ +239%
HORIZON PPO $5,188.39 ↑ +242%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $5,225.45 ↑ +245%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,366.00 ↑ +254%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $6,415.00 ↑ +323%
HORIZON PIP $6,602.00 ↑ +336%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +455%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +455%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +555%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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