Corneal transplant at Riverview Medical Center
1 Riverview Plaza, Red Bank, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1710499462
$4,452.74
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.
$14,214.00
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.
$2,004.17 with AETNA vs $19,690.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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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| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $2,004.17 | ↓ -55% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $2,379.00 | ↓ -47% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,558.52 | ↓ -43% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $2,581.75 | ↓ -42% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $2,988.00 | ↓ -33% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,084.44 | ↓ -31% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $4,452.74 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $4,452.74 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $4,452.74 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,452.74 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $4,675.38 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $4,853.49 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $5,343.29 | ↑ +20% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $6,256.00 | ↑ +40% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $6,733.00 | ↑ +51% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $6,990.00 | ↑ +57% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $7,543.00 | ↑ +69% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $7,997.00 | ↑ +80% |
| AETNA | HMO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +89% |
| AETNA | PPO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +89% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $8,624.00 | ↑ +94% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $8,743.00 | ↑ +96% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $8,826.00 | ↑ +98% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,933.00 | ↑ +123% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $10,231.00 | ↑ +130% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $10,660.50 | ↑ +139% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $10,715.00 | ↑ +141% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $10,822.00 | ↑ +143% |
| AETNA | ASA | $11,129.56 | ↑ +150% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $11,214.85 | ↑ +152% |
| CIGNA | BH | $11,371.20 | ↑ +155% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $12,081.90 | ↑ +171% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $12,081.90 | ↑ +171% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $12,292.27 | ↑ +176% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $13,922.61 | ↑ +213% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $15,785.00 | ↑ +255% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $19,690.00 | ↑ +342% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Corneal transplant at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $4,452.74 | $4,452.74 – $5,343.29 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $4,737.56 | $2,685.13 – $4,974.44 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $4,396.50 | $2,581.75 – $5,275.80 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $4,456.60 | $901.12 – $4,456.60 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $4,452.74 | $2,581.75 – $5,343.29 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $4,737.56 | $2,685.13 – $5,163.94 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $4,456.60 | $2,685.13 – $5,347.93 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $4,396.50 | $2,581.75 – $5,275.80 |