Platelets irradiated ea unit 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

$150.42

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.

$473.00

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.

$62.91 with AETNA vs $3,075.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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 $62.91 ↓ -58%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $85.14 ↓ -43%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $97.91 ↓ -35%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $150.42 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $150.42 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $150.42 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $150.42 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $157.94 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $160.95 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $163.96 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $180.50 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $278.60 ↑ +85%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $314.55 ↑ +109%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $353.00 ↑ +135%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $354.75 ↑ +136%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $354.75 ↑ +136%
HORIZON OMNIA $361.37 ↑ +140%
HORIZON PIP $366.10 ↑ +143%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $368.66 ↑ +145%
AETNA ASA $370.36 ↑ +146%
CIGNA BH $378.40 ↑ +152%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $397.46 ↑ +164%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $402.05 ↑ +167%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $409.38 ↑ +172%
AETNA HMO $425.70 ↑ +183%
AETNA PPO $425.70 ↑ +183%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $425.70 ↑ +183%
QUALCARE PPO $429.48 ↑ +186%
QUALCARE HMO $429.48 ↑ +186%
HORIZON SHP $441.31 ↑ +193%
HORIZON HMO $445.57 ↑ +196%
CIGNA PPO $452.33 ↑ +201%
CIGNA HMO $452.33 ↑ +201%
HORIZON PPO $456.92 ↑ +204%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $460.18 ↑ +206%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $3,075.00 ↑ +1944%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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