X-ray cervical spine >= 6 views at Raritan Bay Medical Center
530 New Brunswick Avenue, Perth Amboy, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297455
$117.81
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.
$858.00
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.
$71.01 with HORIZON vs $828.83 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.
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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| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $71.01 | ↓ -40% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $84.68 | ↓ -28% |
| AETNA | PPO | $105.64 | ↓ -10% |
| AETNA | HMO | $105.64 | ↓ -10% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $114.11 | ↓ -3% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $117.81 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $117.81 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $117.81 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $117.81 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $119.35 | ↑ +1% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $120.32 | ↑ +2% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $121.50 | ↑ +3% |
| 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% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $154.44 | ↑ +31% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $171.46 | ↑ +46% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $171.46 | ↑ +46% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $177.61 | ↑ +51% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $295.04 | ↑ +150% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $295.04 | ↑ +150% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $473.62 | ↑ +302% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $514.80 | ↑ +337% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $618.62 | ↑ +425% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $618.62 | ↑ +425% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $643.50 | ↑ +446% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $655.51 | ↑ +456% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $664.09 | ↑ +464% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $668.73 | ↑ +468% |
| AETNA | ASA | $671.81 | ↑ +470% |
| CIGNA | BH | $686.40 | ↑ +483% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $686.40 | ↑ +483% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $720.98 | ↑ +512% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $729.30 | ↑ +519% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $800.51 | ↑ +579% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $808.24 | ↑ +586% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $828.83 | ↑ +604% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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X-ray cervical spine >= 6 views at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrier Clinic | Belle Mead | $343.20 | $124.41 – $124.41 |
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $173.81 | $32.67 – $251.64 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $255.97 | $51.76 – $251.64 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $192.05 | $51.76 – $251.64 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $239.27 | $51.76 – $251.64 |
| Childrens Specialized Hospital | Mountainside | $247.50 | $31.56 – $655.00 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $251.62 | $33.63 – $251.64 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $192.42 | $42.28 – $251.64 |