Biopsy skin incisional single lesion 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

$677.54

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.

$1,192.00

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.

$115.33 with KARNA vs $10,715.00 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 $115.33 ↓ -83%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $168.07 ↓ -75%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $214.56 ↓ -68%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $258.66 ↓ -62%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $677.54 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $677.54 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $677.54 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $677.54 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $711.42 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $738.52 ↑ +9%
HORIZON OMNIA $760.26 ↑ +12%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $813.05 ↑ +20%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $894.00 ↑ +32%
HORIZON SHP $917.24 ↑ +35%
QUALCARE PPO $926.18 ↑ +37%
AETNA ASA $933.34 ↑ +38%
HORIZON HMO $940.37 ↑ +39%
HORIZON PIP $940.49 ↑ +39%
CIGNA BH $953.60 ↑ +41%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $953.96 ↑ +41%
HORIZON PPO $962.30 ↑ +42%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,013.20 ↑ +50%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,013.20 ↑ +50%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,030.84 ↑ +52%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,048.96 ↑ +55%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,167.56 ↑ +72%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↑ +75%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,892.00 ↑ +179%
CIGNA HMO $2,250.00 ↑ +232%
CIGNA PPO $2,522.00 ↑ +272%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $4,121.00 ↑ +508%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $5,095.00 ↑ +652%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +823%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +1143%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +1143%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +1366%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,715.00 ↑ +1481%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Biopsy skin incisional single lesion at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $677.54 $677.54 – $813.05
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $720.88 $118.75 – $756.93
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $668.98 $115.33 – $802.78
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $678.13 $118.75 – $678.13
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $677.54 $115.33 – $813.05
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $720.88 $118.75 – $785.76
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $678.13 $118.75 – $813.76
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $668.98 $115.33 – $802.78

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