Russell viper venom diluted 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

$9.58

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.

$140.00

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.

$4.52 with AETNA vs $43.90 with CIGNA — 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 $4.52 ↓ -53%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.58 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $9.58 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $9.58 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $9.58 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.58 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $9.58 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.06 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.25 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.44 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $11.50 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.74 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $19.66 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $19.66 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $21.00 ↑ +119%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $22.61 ↑ +136%
AETNA PPO $23.39 ↑ +144%
AETNA HMO $23.39 ↑ +144%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $25.50 ↑ +166%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $25.50 ↑ +166%
HORIZON OMNIA $25.98 ↑ +171%
HORIZON PIP $26.32 ↑ +175%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $26.50 ↑ +177%
AETNA ASA $26.62 ↑ +178%
CIGNA BH $27.20 ↑ +184%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $27.20 ↑ +184%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $28.57 ↑ +198%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $28.90 ↑ +202%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $29.43 ↑ +207%
QUALCARE PPO $30.87 ↑ +222%
QUALCARE HMO $30.87 ↑ +222%
HORIZON SHP $31.72 ↑ +231%
HORIZON HMO $32.03 ↑ +234%
HORIZON PPO $32.84 ↑ +243%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $33.08 ↑ +245%
CIGNA HMO $43.90 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $43.90 ↑ +358%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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