Unlisted px middle ear at Raritan Bay Medical Center
530 New Brunswick Avenue, Perth Amboy, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297455
$257.26
Cash price 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.
$802.00
Gross charge 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.
$106.67 with AETNA vs $9,933.00 with BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $106.67 | ↓ -59% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $144.36 | ↓ -44% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $166.01 | ↓ -35% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $257.26 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $257.26 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $257.26 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $257.26 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $270.12 | ↑ +5% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $275.27 | ↑ +7% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $280.41 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $308.71 | ↑ +20% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $601.50 | ↑ +134% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $612.73 | ↑ +138% |
| AETNA | ASA | $627.97 | ↑ +144% |
| CIGNA | BH | $641.60 | ↑ +149% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $681.70 | ↑ +165% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $705.76 | ↑ +174% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $705.76 | ↑ +174% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $720.92 | ↑ +180% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $720.92 | ↑ +180% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $748.27 | ↑ +191% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $755.48 | ↑ +194% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $765.91 | ↑ +198% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $774.73 | ↑ +201% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,189.00 | ↑ +362% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $2,438.00 | ↑ +848% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,761.00 | ↑ +973% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $2,915.00 | ↑ +1033% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $3,154.84 | ↑ +1126% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $3,392.00 | ↑ +1219% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $3,525.08 | ↑ +1270% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $5,366.00 | ↑ +1986% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $6,415.00 | ↑ +2394% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $6,602.00 | ↑ +2466% |
| AETNA | PPO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +3173% |
| AETNA | HMO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +3173% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,933.00 | ↑ +3761% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $5,855.00 | $253.79 – $1,978.15 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $6,839.00 | $260.53 – $521.06 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $3,786.00 | $253.79 – $505.04 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $3,986.00 | $260.53 – $518.45 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $4,881.00 | $260.53 – $521.06 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $5,339.00 | $273.48 – $544.23 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $5,419.00 | $257.04 – $511.51 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $257.04 | $257.04 – $308.44 |