Replace eye fluid 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

$2,526.64

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.

$5,559.00

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.

$739.35 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.

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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 $739.35 ↓ -71%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,000.62 ↓ -60%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,150.71 ↓ -54%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -53%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,354.07 ↓ -46%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,456.08 ↓ -42%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,626.96 ↓ -36%
CIGNA HMO $2,139.00 ↓ -15%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,241.00 ↓ -11%
CIGNA PPO $2,396.00 ↓ -5%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $2,526.64 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,526.64 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,526.64 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,526.64 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,652.97 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,703.50 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,754.04 ↑ +9%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,915.00 ↑ +15%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $3,031.97 ↑ +20%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $4,169.25 ↑ +65%
HORIZON OMNIA $4,247.08 ↑ +68%
AETNA ASA $4,352.70 ↑ +72%
CIGNA BH $4,447.20 ↑ +76%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $4,725.15 ↑ +87%
QUALCARE HMO $4,891.92 ↑ +94%
QUALCARE PPO $4,891.92 ↑ +94%
HORIZON SHP $5,186.55 ↑ +105%
HORIZON HMO $5,236.58 ↑ +107%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $5,308.85 ↑ +110%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $5,366.00 ↑ +112%
HORIZON PPO $5,369.99 ↑ +113%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $6,415.00 ↑ +154%
HORIZON PIP $6,602.00 ↑ +161%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,086.00 ↑ +220%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +233%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +233%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +293%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,156.00 ↑ +302%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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