Pr excision benign lesion scalp/neck/hands/feet/genitalia <= 0.5 cm 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

$1,794.93

Cash price

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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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$2,946.00

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.

$179.34 with KARNA 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $179.34 ↓ -90%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $391.82 ↓ -78%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $530.28 ↓ -70%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $606.70 ↓ -66%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $609.82 ↓ -66%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $677.90 ↓ -62%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -34%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,794.93 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,794.93 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,794.93 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,794.93 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,884.68 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,920.58 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,956.48 ↑ +9%
CIGNA HMO $2,139.00 ↑ +19%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $2,153.92 ↑ +20%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $2,209.50 ↑ +23%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,241.00 ↑ +25%
HORIZON OMNIA $2,250.74 ↑ +25%
AETNA ASA $2,306.72 ↑ +29%
CIGNA BH $2,356.80 ↑ +31%
CIGNA PPO $2,396.00 ↑ +33%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $2,504.10 ↑ +40%
QUALCARE PPO $2,592.48 ↑ +44%
QUALCARE HMO $2,592.48 ↑ +44%
HORIZON SHP $2,748.62 ↑ +53%
HORIZON HMO $2,775.13 ↑ +55%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $2,813.43 ↑ +57%
HORIZON PPO $2,845.84 ↑ +59%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,915.00 ↑ +62%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $4,030.00 ↑ +125%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $5,003.00 ↑ +179%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,366.00 ↑ +199%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $6,415.00 ↑ +257%
HORIZON PIP $6,602.00 ↑ +268%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +369%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +369%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +453%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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