Culture typing added method 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

$7.74

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.

$75.00

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.

$3.45 with HORIZON vs $73.46 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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $3.45 ↓ -55%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $7.74 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $7.74 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.74 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $7.74 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.74 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $7.74 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.13 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.44 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $9.29 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.08 ↑ +30%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $10.58 ↑ +37%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $11.48 ↑ +48%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $15.89 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $15.89 ↑ +105%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.35 ↑ +111%
CIGNA HMO $35.47 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $35.47 ↑ +358%
QUALCARE HMO $37.20 ↑ +381%
HORIZON OMNIA $47.84 ↑ +518%
AETNA HMO $51.60 ↑ +567%
AETNA PPO $51.60 ↑ +567%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $52.80 ↑ +582%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $56.25 ↑ +627%
HORIZON SHP $57.71 ↑ +646%
QUALCARE PPO $58.28 ↑ +653%
AETNA ASA $58.73 ↑ +659%
HORIZON HMO $59.17 ↑ +664%
HORIZON PIP $59.18 ↑ +665%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $60.00 ↑ +675%
CIGNA BH $60.00 ↑ +675%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $60.02 ↑ +675%
HORIZON PPO $60.55 ↑ +682%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $63.75 ↑ +724%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $63.75 ↑ +724%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $64.86 ↑ +738%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $66.00 ↑ +753%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $73.46 ↑ +849%

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