Assay of fluoride at Riverview Medical Center

1 Riverview Plaza, Red Bank, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1710499462

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Dec 31, 2025 · Ingested Sep 4, 2026

$18.54

Cash price

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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.

$230.00

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.

$18.54 with VACCN vs $225.29 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.

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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
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $18.54 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $18.54 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.54 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $18.54 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.54 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $18.54 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.47 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.21 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $22.25 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24.15 ↑ +30%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $30.36 ↑ +64%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $32.43 ↑ +75%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $38.05 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $38.05 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $40.70 ↑ +120%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $50.14 ↑ +170%
CIGNA PPO $84.96 ↑ +358%
CIGNA HMO $84.96 ↑ +358%
QUALCARE HMO $114.08 ↑ +515%
HORIZON OMNIA $146.69 ↑ +691%
AETNA HMO $158.24 ↑ +754%
AETNA PPO $158.24 ↑ +754%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $161.92 ↑ +773%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $172.50 ↑ +830%
HORIZON SHP $176.99 ↑ +855%
QUALCARE PPO $178.71 ↑ +864%
AETNA ASA $180.09 ↑ +871%
HORIZON HMO $181.45 ↑ +879%
HORIZON PIP $181.47 ↑ +879%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $184.00 ↑ +892%
CIGNA BH $184.00 ↑ +892%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $184.07 ↑ +893%
HORIZON PPO $185.68 ↑ +902%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $195.50 ↑ +954%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $195.50 ↑ +954%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $198.90 ↑ +973%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $202.40 ↑ +992%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $225.29 ↑ +1115%

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