Assay of interleukin-6 (il-6) 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

$17.27

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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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$224.00

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.

$7.95 with HORIZON vs $65.63 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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $7.95 ↓ -54%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $9.45 ↓ -45%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.61 ↓ -15%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.27 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $17.27 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $17.27 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.27 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $17.27 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $17.27 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.13 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.82 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $20.72 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $22.49 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $27.13 ↑ +57%
QUALCARE HMO $33.23 ↑ +92%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $35.45 ↑ +105%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $35.45 ↑ +105%
HORIZON OMNIA $42.73 ↑ +147%
AETNA HMO $46.10 ↑ +167%
AETNA PPO $46.10 ↑ +167%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $47.17 ↑ +173%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $50.25 ↑ +191%
HORIZON SHP $51.56 ↑ +199%
QUALCARE PPO $52.06 ↑ +201%
AETNA ASA $52.46 ↑ +204%
HORIZON PIP $52.86 ↑ +206%
HORIZON HMO $52.86 ↑ +206%
CIGNA BH $53.60 ↑ +210%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $53.60 ↑ +210%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $53.62 ↑ +210%
HORIZON PPO $54.09 ↑ +213%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $56.95 ↑ +230%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $56.95 ↑ +230%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $57.94 ↑ +235%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $58.96 ↑ +241%
CIGNA HMO $64.07 ↑ +271%
CIGNA PPO $64.07 ↑ +271%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $65.63 ↑ +280%

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Assay of interleukin-6 (il-6) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $17.27 $17.27 – $35.45
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $17.27 $10.27 – $22.97
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $17.27 $15.20 – $22.49
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $17.27 $15.20 – $37.65
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $17.27 $13.82 – $22.49
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $17.27 $11.33 – $35.45
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $17.27 $17.27 – $35.45
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $17.27 $17.27 – $22.49

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