Stenger test pure tone 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

$65.80

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.

$300.00

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.

$38.21 with KARNA vs $322.00 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $38.21 ↓ -42%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $39.90 ↓ -39%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $54.00 ↓ -18%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $62.10 ↓ -6%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $65.80 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $65.80 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $65.80 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $65.80 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $69.09 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $70.41 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $71.73 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $78.97 ↑ +20%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $127.50 ↑ +94%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $176.70 ↑ +169%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $181.71 ↑ +176%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $199.50 ↑ +203%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $225.00 ↑ +242%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $225.00 ↑ +242%
HORIZON OMNIA $229.20 ↑ +248%
HORIZON PIP $232.20 ↑ +253%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $233.82 ↑ +255%
AETNA ASA $234.90 ↑ +257%
CIGNA BH $240.00 ↑ +265%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $252.09 ↑ +283%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $255.00 ↑ +288%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $259.65 ↑ +295%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $270.00 ↑ +310%
AETNA HMO $270.00 ↑ +310%
AETNA PPO $270.00 ↑ +310%
QUALCARE HMO $272.40 ↑ +314%
QUALCARE PPO $272.40 ↑ +314%
HORIZON SHP $279.90 ↑ +325%
HORIZON HMO $282.60 ↑ +329%
CIGNA HMO $286.89 ↑ +336%
CIGNA PPO $286.89 ↑ +336%
HORIZON PPO $289.80 ↑ +340%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $291.87 ↑ +344%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $322.00 ↑ +389%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $65.75 $65.75 – $465.00
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