Biopsy renal percutaneous trocar/needle (both sides) 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

$1,793.38

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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.

$2,453.00

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.

$254.90 with KARNA vs $10,149.00 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.

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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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $254.90 ↓ -86%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $345.87 ↓ -81%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $441.54 ↓ -75%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $532.30 ↓ -70%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,444.82 ↓ -19%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,512.52 ↓ -16%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,741.63 ↓ -3%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,793.38 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,793.38 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,793.38 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,793.38 ↑ +0%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,839.75 ↑ +3%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,883.05 ↑ +5%
QUALCARE HMO $1,905.98 ↑ +6%
QUALCARE PPO $1,905.98 ↑ +6%
AETNA ASA $1,920.70 ↑ +7%
HORIZON PIP $1,935.42 ↑ +8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,954.78 ↑ +9%
CIGNA BH $1,962.40 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,990.61 ↑ +11%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $2,085.05 ↑ +16%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $2,085.05 ↑ +16%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $2,121.35 ↑ +18%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $2,152.05 ↑ +20%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,158.64 ↑ +20%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $2,207.70 ↑ +23%
CIGNA HMO $2,250.00 ↑ +25%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $2,402.71 ↑ +34%
CIGNA PPO $2,522.00 ↑ +41%
HORIZON OMNIA $6,351.00 ↑ +254%
HORIZON SHP $7,337.00 ↑ +309%
HORIZON HMO $7,841.00 ↑ +337%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $7,948.00 ↑ +343%
HORIZON PPO $8,024.00 ↑ +347%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +369%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +369%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,149.00 ↑ +466%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Biopsy renal percutaneous trocar/needle (both sides) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $1,793.38 $1,793.38 – $2,152.05
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $1,908.09 $62.44 – $2,003.50
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $1,770.73 $254.90 – $2,124.87
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $1,794.93 $262.39 – $1,794.93
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $1,793.38 $254.90 – $2,152.05
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $1,908.09 $68.88 – $2,079.82
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $1,794.93 $262.39 – $2,153.92
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $1,770.73 $254.90 – $2,124.87

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