Test for porphobilinogen 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

$5.82

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.

$1,395.00

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.

$5.82 with SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP vs $1,357.20 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 $5.82 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $5.82 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.82 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $5.82 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $5.82 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.82 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.11 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.23 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.34 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $6.98 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.74 ↑ +33%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $9.41 ↑ +62%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $11.95 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $11.95 ↑ +105%
CIGNA PPO $26.67 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $26.67 ↑ +358%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $185.54 ↑ +3088%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $927.68 ↑ +15840%
AETNA PPO $959.76 ↑ +16391%
AETNA HMO $959.76 ↑ +16391%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,046.25 ↑ +17877%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,046.25 ↑ +17877%
HORIZON OMNIA $1,065.78 ↑ +18212%
HORIZON PIP $1,079.73 ↑ +18452%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $1,087.26 ↑ +18581%
AETNA ASA $1,092.29 ↑ +18668%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $1,116.00 ↑ +19075%
CIGNA BH $1,116.00 ↑ +19075%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,172.22 ↑ +20041%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,185.75 ↑ +20274%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,207.37 ↑ +20645%
QUALCARE HMO $1,266.66 ↑ +21664%
QUALCARE PPO $1,266.66 ↑ +21664%
HORIZON SHP $1,301.54 ↑ +22263%
HORIZON HMO $1,314.09 ↑ +22479%
HORIZON PPO $1,347.57 ↑ +23054%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,357.20 ↑ +23220%
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 $6.40 $1.84 – $24.03
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6.40 $2.74 – $24.03
Community Medical Center Toms River $6.40 $2.74 – $24.03
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $6.40 $2.74 – $24.03
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $6.40 $2.74 – $24.03
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $6.40 $2.38 – $24.03
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $6.40 $2.74 – $24.03
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $5.82 $5.82 – $26.67

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