Caloric vstblr test w/rec 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

$173.18

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.

$465.00

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.

$37.38 with KARNA vs $527.00 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $37.38 ↓ -78%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $65.57 ↓ -62%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $83.70 ↓ -52%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $100.91 ↓ -42%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $173.18 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $173.18 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $173.18 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $173.18 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $181.84 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $188.77 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $207.82 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $273.89 ↑ +58%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $281.70 ↑ +63%
HORIZON OMNIA $296.58 ↑ +71%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $327.36 ↑ +89%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $329.00 ↑ +90%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $330.15 ↑ +91%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $348.75 ↑ +101%
HORIZON SHP $357.82 ↑ +107%
QUALCARE HMO $361.31 ↑ +109%
QUALCARE PPO $361.31 ↑ +109%
AETNA ASA $364.10 ↑ +110%
HORIZON HMO $366.84 ↑ +112%
HORIZON PIP $366.89 ↑ +112%
CIGNA BH $372.00 ↑ +115%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $372.14 ↑ +115%
HORIZON PPO $375.39 ↑ +117%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $395.25 ↑ +128%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $395.25 ↑ +128%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $409.20 ↑ +136%
AETNA HMO $418.50 ↑ +142%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $418.50 ↑ +142%
AETNA PPO $418.50 ↑ +142%
CIGNA HMO $444.68 ↑ +157%
CIGNA PPO $444.68 ↑ +157%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $465.00 ↑ +169%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $527.00 ↑ +204%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $173.18 $173.18 – $465.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $184.26 $38.88 – $487.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $170.99 $37.38 – $499.00
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Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $173.18 $37.38 – $443.00
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $184.26 $22.62 – $994.00
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $173.33 $28.70 – $208.00
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $170.99 $37.38 – $465.00

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