Resuscitation delivery/birthing room 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

$724.94

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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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$1,261.00

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.

$167.71 with AETNA vs $7,763.00 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 $167.71 ↓ -77%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $226.98 ↓ -69%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $237.94 ↓ -67%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $261.03 ↓ -64%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $563.02 ↓ -22%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $629.09 ↓ -13%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $724.94 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $724.94 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $724.94 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $724.94 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $761.18 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $775.68 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $790.18 ↑ +9%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $838.57 ↑ +16%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $869.92 ↑ +20%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $945.75 ↑ +30%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $945.75 ↑ +30%
HORIZON OMNIA $963.40 ↑ +33%
HORIZON PIP $976.01 ↑ +35%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $982.82 ↑ +36%
AETNA ASA $987.36 ↑ +36%
CIGNA BH $1,008.80 ↑ +39%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,059.62 ↑ +46%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,071.85 ↑ +48%
AETNA PPO $1,134.90 ↑ +57%
AETNA HMO $1,134.90 ↑ +57%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,134.90 ↑ +57%
QUALCARE HMO $1,144.99 ↑ +58%
QUALCARE PPO $1,144.99 ↑ +58%
HORIZON SHP $1,176.51 ↑ +62%
HORIZON HMO $1,187.86 ↑ +64%
CIGNA HMO $1,205.89 ↑ +66%
CIGNA PPO $1,205.89 ↑ +66%
HORIZON PPO $1,218.13 ↑ +68%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,278.00 ↑ +76%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $3,647.00 ↑ +403%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7,763.00 ↑ +971%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $724.31 $724.31 – $3,682.00
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Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $724.31 $231.29 – $3,585.00
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $715.16 $231.29 – $3,709.00

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