Pretreat rbc w chem/drugs reference 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

$65.80

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.

$1,090.00

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.

$6.92 with AETNA vs $78.97 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 $6.92 ↓ -89%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $10.76 ↓ -84%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $27.38 ↓ -58%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $34.58 ↓ -47%
AETNA HMO $35.78 ↓ -46%
AETNA PPO $35.78 ↓ -46%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $39.00 ↓ -41%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $39.00 ↓ -41%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $39.70 ↓ -40%
HORIZON OMNIA $39.73 ↓ -40%
HORIZON PIP $40.25 ↓ -39%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $40.53 ↓ -38%
AETNA ASA $40.72 ↓ -38%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $41.60 ↓ -37%
CIGNA BH $41.60 ↓ -37%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $43.70 ↓ -34%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $44.20 ↓ -33%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $45.01 ↓ -32%
QUALCARE PPO $47.22 ↓ -28%
QUALCARE HMO $47.22 ↓ -28%
HORIZON SHP $48.52 ↓ -26%
HORIZON HMO $48.98 ↓ -26%
CIGNA HMO $49.73 ↓ -24%
CIGNA PPO $49.73 ↓ -24%
HORIZON PPO $50.23 ↓ -24%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $50.59 ↓ -23%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $65.80 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $65.80 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $65.80 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $65.80 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $69.09 ↑ +5%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $69.46 ↑ +6%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $69.46 ↑ +6%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $70.41 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $71.73 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $78.97 ↑ +20%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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