Assay of osteocalcin 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

$29.85

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.

$140.00

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.

$14.95 with AETNA vs $136.78 with CIGNA — 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $14.95 ↓ -50%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $19.45 ↓ -35%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $23.11 ↓ -23%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $29.85 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $29.85 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $29.85 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $29.85 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $29.85 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $29.85 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $31.34 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $32.54 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $35.82 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $38.88 ↑ +30%
QUALCARE HMO $52.58 ↑ +76%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $61.27 ↑ +105%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $61.27 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $65.53 ↑ +120%
HORIZON OMNIA $67.61 ↑ +126%
AETNA PPO $72.93 ↑ +144%
AETNA HMO $72.93 ↑ +144%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $74.62 ↑ +150%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $79.50 ↑ +166%
HORIZON SHP $81.57 ↑ +173%
QUALCARE PPO $82.36 ↑ +176%
AETNA ASA $83.00 ↑ +178%
HORIZON HMO $83.62 ↑ +180%
HORIZON PIP $83.63 ↑ +180%
CIGNA BH $84.80 ↑ +184%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $84.80 ↑ +184%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $84.83 ↑ +184%
HORIZON PPO $85.57 ↑ +187%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $90.10 ↑ +202%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $90.10 ↑ +202%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $91.67 ↑ +207%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $93.28 ↑ +212%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $103.83 ↑ +248%
CIGNA HMO $136.78 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $136.78 ↑ +358%

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Assay of osteocalcin at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $29.85 $29.85 – $136.78
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $29.85 $23.88 – $134.04
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $29.85 $29.85 – $136.78
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $29.85 $29.85 – $140.48
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $29.85 $23.88 – $136.78
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $29.85 $27.73 – $136.78
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $29.85 $29.85 – $136.78
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $29.85 $29.85 – $136.78

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