Removal of nerve lesion at Raritan Bay Medical Center
530 New Brunswick Avenue, Perth Amboy, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297455
$2,163.32
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.
$4,250.00
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.
$565.25 with AETNA vs $10,156.00 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 | $565.25 | ↓ -74% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $765.00 | ↓ -65% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $879.75 | ↓ -59% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,189.00 | ↓ -45% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,834.05 | ↓ -15% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,163.32 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,163.32 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $2,163.32 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,163.32 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,271.48 | ↑ +5% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,314.75 | ↑ +7% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,358.02 | ↑ +9% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $2,438.00 | ↑ +13% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $2,595.98 | ↑ +20% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,915.00 | ↑ +35% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,187.50 | ↑ +47% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $3,247.00 | ↑ +50% |
| AETNA | ASA | $3,327.75 | ↑ +54% |
| CIGNA | BH | $3,400.00 | ↑ +57% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $3,412.00 | ↑ +58% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,612.50 | ↑ +67% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $3,740.00 | ↑ +73% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $3,740.00 | ↑ +73% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $3,817.00 | ↑ +76% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $3,882.88 | ↑ +79% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $3,965.25 | ↑ +83% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $4,003.50 | ↑ +85% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $4,058.75 | ↑ +88% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $4,105.50 | ↑ +90% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $4,338.56 | ↑ +101% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $5,366.00 | ↑ +148% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $6,415.00 | ↑ +197% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $6,602.00 | ↑ +205% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $8,086.00 | ↑ +274% |
| AETNA | PPO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +289% |
| AETNA | HMO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +289% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,933.00 | ↑ +359% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $10,156.00 | ↑ +369% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Removal of nerve lesion at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $5,855.00 | $437.86 – $4,268.28 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $6,839.00 | $522.90 – $4,381.70 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $3,786.00 | $535.50 – $4,246.94 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $3,986.00 | $516.60 – $4,359.79 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $4,881.00 | $450.73 – $4,381.70 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $5,339.00 | $566.64 – $4,576.40 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $5,419.00 | $1,033.20 – $4,301.27 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $2,161.44 | $2,161.44 – $2,593.73 |