Specific gravity body 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

$3.28

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.

$50.00

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.

$3.28 with SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP vs $48.65 with AMERIHEALTH — 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
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $3.28 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $3.28 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.28 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3.28 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3.28 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.28 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.44 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.51 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.58 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $3.94 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.36 ↑ +33%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $5.50 ↑ +68%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $6.65 ↑ +103%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $6.73 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $6.73 ↑ +105%
CIGNA PPO $15.03 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $15.03 ↑ +358%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $33.25 ↑ +914%
AETNA PPO $34.40 ↑ +949%
AETNA HMO $34.40 ↑ +949%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $37.50 ↑ +1043%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $37.50 ↑ +1043%
HORIZON OMNIA $38.20 ↑ +1065%
HORIZON PIP $38.70 ↑ +1080%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $38.97 ↑ +1088%
AETNA ASA $39.15 ↑ +1094%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $40.00 ↑ +1120%
CIGNA BH $40.00 ↑ +1120%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $42.02 ↑ +1181%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $42.50 ↑ +1196%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $43.28 ↑ +1220%
QUALCARE HMO $45.40 ↑ +1284%
QUALCARE PPO $45.40 ↑ +1284%
HORIZON SHP $46.65 ↑ +1322%
HORIZON HMO $47.10 ↑ +1336%
HORIZON PPO $48.30 ↑ +1373%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $48.65 ↑ +1383%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $3.61 $1.54 – $13.36
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Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $3.61 $1.54 – $13.36
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