Consultation/report referred material w/preparation of slides 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

$59.14

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.

$355.00

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.

$50.06 with AETNA vs $347.72 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $50.06 ↓ -15%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $59.14 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $59.14 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $59.14 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $59.14 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $62.10 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $64.46 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $70.97 ↑ +20%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $77.04 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $88.12 ↑ +49%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $102.13 ↑ +73%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $102.13 ↑ +73%
QUALCARE HMO $176.08 ↑ +198%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $207.34 ↑ +251%
HORIZON OMNIA $226.42 ↑ +283%
AETNA PPO $244.24 ↑ +313%
AETNA HMO $244.24 ↑ +313%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $249.92 ↑ +323%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $252.05 ↑ +326%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $266.25 ↑ +350%
HORIZON SHP $273.17 ↑ +362%
QUALCARE PPO $275.84 ↑ +366%
AETNA ASA $277.97 ↑ +370%
HORIZON HMO $280.06 ↑ +374%
HORIZON PIP $280.10 ↑ +374%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $284.00 ↑ +380%
CIGNA BH $284.00 ↑ +380%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $284.11 ↑ +380%
HORIZON PPO $286.59 ↑ +385%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $301.75 ↑ +410%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $301.75 ↑ +410%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $307.00 ↑ +419%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $312.40 ↑ +428%
CIGNA PPO $339.49 ↑ +474%
CIGNA HMO $339.49 ↑ +474%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $347.72 ↑ +488%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $59.14 $59.14 – $102.13
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Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $59.19 $59.19 – $215.42
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