Red blood cells each unit at Raritan Bay Medical Center
530 New Brunswick Avenue, Perth Amboy, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297455
$159.88
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.
$1,031.00
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.
$137.12 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.
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 |
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| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $137.12 | ↓ -14% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $159.88 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $159.88 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $159.88 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $159.88 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $167.87 | ↑ +5% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $171.07 | ↑ +7% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $174.27 | ↑ +9% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $185.58 | ↑ +16% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $191.86 | ↑ +20% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $213.42 | ↑ +33% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $286.26 | ↑ +79% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $353.00 | ↑ +121% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $607.26 | ↑ +280% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $685.62 | ↑ +329% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $773.25 | ↑ +384% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $773.25 | ↑ +384% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $787.68 | ↑ +393% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $797.99 | ↑ +399% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $803.56 | ↑ +403% |
| AETNA | ASA | $807.27 | ↑ +405% |
| CIGNA | BH | $824.80 | ↑ +416% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $866.35 | ↑ +442% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $876.35 | ↑ +448% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $892.33 | ↑ +458% |
| AETNA | HMO | $927.90 | ↑ +480% |
| AETNA | PPO | $927.90 | ↑ +480% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $927.90 | ↑ +480% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $936.15 | ↑ +486% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $936.15 | ↑ +486% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $961.92 | ↑ +502% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $971.20 | ↑ +507% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $985.95 | ↑ +517% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $985.95 | ↑ +517% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $995.95 | ↑ +523% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $1,003.06 | ↑ +527% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $3,075.00 | ↑ +1823% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Red blood cells each unit at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $106.80 | $157.72 – $315.44 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $120.57 | $161.92 – $323.84 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $113.17 | $161.92 – $322.22 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $118.52 | $161.92 – $323.84 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $159.88 | $144.32 – $382.00 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $159.74 | $159.74 – $380.00 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $169.96 | $169.96 – $907.00 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $159.74 | $159.74 – $361.00 |