Contrast exam thoracic aorta at Riverview Medical Center
1 Riverview Plaza, Red Bank, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1710499462
$3,483.84
Cash price 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.
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Gross charge 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.
$91.77 with HORIZON vs $7,747.94 with OXFORD — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $91.77 | ↓ -97% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $337.30 | ↓ -90% |
| AETNA | HMO | $487.83 | ↓ -86% |
| AETNA | PPO | $487.83 | ↓ -86% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $644.40 | ↓ -82% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $644.40 | ↓ -82% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $943.10 | ↓ -73% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,483.84 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,483.84 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,483.84 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $3,483.84 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,658.03 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,797.39 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $4,180.61 | ↑ +20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $7,747.94 | ↑ +122% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $7,747.94 | ↑ +122% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Contrast exam thoracic aorta at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $3,483.84 | $487.83 – $7,747.94 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $3,706.68 | $118.64 – $8,849.68 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $3,439.84 | $337.30 – $7,747.94 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $3,486.86 | $355.81 – $8,205.81 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $3,483.84 | $337.30 – $8,792.45 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $3,706.68 | $130.87 – $7,747.94 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $3,486.86 | $179.55 – $7,747.94 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $3,439.84 | $337.30 – $7,747.94 |