Very long chain fatty acids at Raritan Bay Medical Center
530 New Brunswick Avenue, Perth Amboy, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297455
$19.75
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.
$738.00
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.
$15.96 with AETNA vs $116.75 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.
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 | $15.96 | ↓ -19% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $19.75 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $19.75 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $19.75 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $19.75 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $19.75 | ↑ +0% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $19.75 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $20.74 | ↑ +5% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $21.13 | ↑ +7% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $21.53 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $23.70 | ↑ +20% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $26.27 | ↑ +33% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $39.64 | ↑ +101% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $40.54 | ↑ +105% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $40.54 | ↑ +105% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $79.80 | ↑ +304% |
| AETNA | PPO | $82.56 | ↑ +318% |
| AETNA | HMO | $82.56 | ↑ +318% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $90.00 | ↑ +356% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $90.00 | ↑ +356% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $90.50 | ↑ +358% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $90.50 | ↑ +358% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $91.68 | ↑ +364% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $92.88 | ↑ +370% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $93.53 | ↑ +374% |
| AETNA | ASA | $93.96 | ↑ +376% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $96.00 | ↑ +386% |
| CIGNA | BH | $96.00 | ↑ +386% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $100.84 | ↑ +411% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $102.00 | ↑ +416% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $103.86 | ↑ +426% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $108.96 | ↑ +452% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $108.96 | ↑ +452% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $111.96 | ↑ +467% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $113.04 | ↑ +472% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $115.92 | ↑ +487% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $116.75 | ↑ +491% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | not published by hospital | — |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Very long chain fatty acids at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $21.73 | $9.28 – $80.11 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $21.73 | $9.28 – $80.11 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $21.73 | $9.28 – $80.11 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $21.73 | $9.28 – $80.11 |
| Childrens Specialized Hospital | Mountainside | $98.00 | $15.80 – $16.27 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $21.73 | $9.28 – $80.11 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $21.73 | $9.28 – $80.11 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $21.73 | $9.28 – $80.11 |