X-ray exam of jaw joint at Raritan Bay Medical Center
530 New Brunswick Avenue, Perth Amboy, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1790297455
$267.78
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.
$865.00
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.
$115.05 with AETNA vs $841.56 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 | $115.05 | ↓ -57% |
| AETNA | HMO | $137.57 | ↓ -49% |
| AETNA | PPO | $137.57 | ↓ -49% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $155.70 | ↓ -42% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $157.85 | ↓ -41% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $159.40 | ↓ -40% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $179.06 | ↓ -33% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $191.95 | ↓ -28% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $214.67 | ↓ -20% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $214.67 | ↓ -20% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $267.78 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $267.78 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $267.78 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $267.78 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $281.17 | ↑ +5% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $286.53 | ↑ +7% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $291.88 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $321.34 | ↑ +20% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $477.48 | ↑ +78% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $519.00 | ↑ +94% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $623.08 | ↑ +133% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $623.08 | ↑ +133% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $623.67 | ↑ +133% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $623.67 | ↑ +133% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $648.75 | ↑ +142% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $660.86 | ↑ +147% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $669.51 | ↑ +150% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $674.18 | ↑ +152% |
| AETNA | ASA | $677.30 | ↑ +153% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $692.00 | ↑ +158% |
| CIGNA | BH | $692.00 | ↑ +158% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $726.86 | ↑ +171% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $735.25 | ↑ +175% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $748.66 | ↑ +180% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $807.05 | ↑ +201% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $814.83 | ↑ +204% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $835.59 | ↑ +212% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $841.56 | ↑ +214% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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X-ray exam of jaw joint at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $267.55 | $137.57 – $623.08 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $284.66 | $126.83 – $711.68 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $264.17 | $137.57 – $264.17 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $267.78 | $159.40 – $659.90 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $267.55 | $143.26 – $280.93 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $284.66 | $130.18 – $623.08 |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank | $267.55 | $119.43 – $623.08 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $264.17 | $151.79 – $277.38 |