X-ray exam of mastoids 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.
$337.00
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.
$38.75 with HORIZON vs $325.54 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 | $38.75 | ↓ -67% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $44.82 | ↓ -62% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $46.88 | ↓ -60% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $60.66 | ↓ -49% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $65.64 | ↓ -44% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $66.18 | ↓ -44% |
| AETNA | HMO | $68.72 | ↓ -42% |
| AETNA | PPO | $68.72 | ↓ -42% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $69.76 | ↓ -41% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $74.33 | ↓ -37% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $104.77 | ↓ -11% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $104.77 | ↓ -11% |
| 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 | $186.02 | ↑ +58% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $202.20 | ↑ +72% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $242.98 | ↑ +106% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $242.98 | ↑ +106% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $252.75 | ↑ +115% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $257.47 | ↑ +119% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $260.84 | ↑ +121% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $262.66 | ↑ +123% |
| AETNA | ASA | $263.87 | ↑ +124% |
| CIGNA | BH | $269.60 | ↑ +129% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $269.60 | ↑ +129% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $283.18 | ↑ +140% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $286.45 | ↑ +143% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $295.04 | ↑ +150% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $295.04 | ↑ +150% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $314.42 | ↑ +167% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $317.45 | ↑ +169% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $325.54 | ↑ +176% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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X-ray exam of mastoids at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $58.18 | $19.99 – $232.44 |
| Childrens Specialized Hospital | Mountainside | $120.50 | $17.22 – $655.00 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $64.41 | $25.87 – $249.21 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $117.70 | $46.88 – $295.04 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $125.23 | $25.60 – $336.99 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $116.22 | $46.88 – $116.22 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $117.81 | $58.70 – $312.47 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $117.70 | $46.88 – $123.59 |