X-ray bone age studies 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

$117.81

Cash price

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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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$389.00

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.

$25.87 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $375.77 with HORIZON — 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
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $25.87 ↓ -78%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $36.11 ↓ -69%
AETNA HMO $37.79 ↓ -68%
AETNA PPO $37.79 ↓ -68%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $49.95 ↓ -58%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $51.74 ↓ -56%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $57.68 ↓ -51%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $58.16 ↓ -51%
CIGNA PPO $60.30 ↓ -49%
CIGNA HMO $60.30 ↓ -49%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $70.02 ↓ -41%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $80.52 ↓ -32%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $117.81 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $117.81 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $117.81 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $117.81 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $123.70 ↑ +5%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $126.05 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $128.41 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $141.37 ↑ +20%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $214.73 ↑ +82%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $233.40 ↑ +98%
QUALCARE HMO $280.47 ↑ +138%
QUALCARE PPO $280.47 ↑ +138%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $291.75 ↑ +148%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $295.04 ↑ +150%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $295.04 ↑ +150%
HORIZON OMNIA $297.20 ↑ +152%
HORIZON PIP $301.09 ↑ +156%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $303.19 ↑ +157%
AETNA ASA $304.59 ↑ +159%
CIGNA BH $311.20 ↑ +164%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $311.20 ↑ +164%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $326.88 ↑ +177%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $330.65 ↑ +181%
HORIZON SHP $362.94 ↑ +208%
HORIZON HMO $366.44 ↑ +211%
HORIZON PPO $375.77 ↑ +219%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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X-ray bone age studies at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $54.24 $13.48 – $232.44
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $77.13 $23.87 – $238.62
Community Medical Center Toms River $59.93 $23.87 – $231.28
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $101.63 $23.87 – $237.43
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $170.00 $16.05 – $655.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $75.82 $13.88 – $238.62
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $60.05 $17.45 – $249.21
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $63.23 $26.32 – $234.22

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