Potassium serum/plasma/whole blood at Raritan Bay Medical Center
530 New Brunswick Avenue, Perth Amboy, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297455
$4.76
Cash price 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.
$173.00
Gross charge 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.
$4.76 with VACCN vs $63.24 with AMERIHEALTH — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $4.76 | ↑ +0% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $4.76 | ↑ +0% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $4.76 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $4.76 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $4.76 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $4.76 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $5.00 | ↑ +5% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $5.09 | ↑ +7% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $5.19 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $5.71 | ↑ +20% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6.33 | ↑ +33% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $8.65 | ↑ +82% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $9.77 | ↑ +105% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $9.77 | ↑ +105% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $10.09 | ↑ +112% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $21.81 | ↑ +358% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $21.81 | ↑ +358% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $43.23 | ↑ +808% |
| AETNA | PPO | $44.72 | ↑ +839% |
| AETNA | HMO | $44.72 | ↑ +839% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $48.75 | ↑ +924% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $48.75 | ↑ +924% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $49.66 | ↑ +943% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $50.31 | ↑ +957% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $50.66 | ↑ +964% |
| AETNA | ASA | $50.90 | ↑ +969% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $52.00 | ↑ +992% |
| CIGNA | BH | $52.00 | ↑ +992% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $54.62 | ↑ +1047% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $55.25 | ↑ +1061% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $56.26 | ↑ +1082% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $59.02 | ↑ +1140% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $59.02 | ↑ +1140% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $60.65 | ↑ +1174% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $61.23 | ↑ +1186% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $62.79 | ↑ +1219% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $63.24 | ↑ +1229% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
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Potassium serum/plasma/whole blood at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $5.24 | $2.24 – $20.04 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $5.24 | $2.24 – $20.04 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $5.24 | $2.24 – $20.04 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $5.24 | $2.24 – $20.04 |
| Childrens Specialized Hospital | Mountainside | $20.50 | $3.81 – $3.92 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $5.24 | $2.24 – $20.04 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $5.24 | $2.24 – $20.04 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $5.24 | $2.24 – $20.04 |