Uric acid urine 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

$5.08

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.

$95.00

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.

$4.26 with AETNA vs $31.13 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $4.26 ↓ -16%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.08 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $5.08 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $5.08 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $5.08 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $5.08 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.08 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.33 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.44 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.54 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $6.10 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.76 ↑ +33%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $10.43 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $10.43 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10.43 ↑ +105%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $21.28 ↑ +319%
AETNA PPO $22.02 ↑ +333%
AETNA HMO $22.02 ↑ +333%
CIGNA PPO $23.28 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $23.28 ↑ +358%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $24.00 ↑ +372%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $24.00 ↑ +372%
HORIZON OMNIA $24.45 ↑ +381%
HORIZON PIP $24.77 ↑ +388%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $24.94 ↑ +391%
AETNA ASA $25.06 ↑ +393%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $25.60 ↑ +404%
CIGNA BH $25.60 ↑ +404%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $26.89 ↑ +429%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $27.20 ↑ +435%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $27.70 ↑ +445%
QUALCARE HMO $29.06 ↑ +472%
QUALCARE PPO $29.06 ↑ +472%
HORIZON SHP $29.86 ↑ +488%
HORIZON HMO $30.14 ↑ +493%
HORIZON PPO $30.91 ↑ +508%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $31.13 ↑ +513%
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 $5.59 $2.39 – $21.37
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $5.59 $2.39 – $21.37
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Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5.59 $2.39 – $21.37
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