Cytopath tbs c/v manual 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

$18.19

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.

$90.00

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.

$12.69 with AETNA vs $88.16 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 $12.69 ↓ -30%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.19 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $18.19 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.19 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $18.19 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $18.19 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $18.19 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.10 ↑ +5%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.62 ↑ +8%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $19.83 ↑ +9%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $20.70 ↑ +14%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $21.83 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $23.13 ↑ +27%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $23.19 ↑ +27%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $31.10 ↑ +71%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $31.10 ↑ +71%
QUALCARE HMO $44.64 ↑ +145%
HORIZON OMNIA $57.40 ↑ +216%
AETNA HMO $61.92 ↑ +240%
AETNA PPO $61.92 ↑ +240%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $63.36 ↑ +248%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $67.50 ↑ +271%
HORIZON SHP $69.26 ↑ +281%
CIGNA HMO $69.42 ↑ +282%
CIGNA PPO $69.42 ↑ +282%
QUALCARE PPO $69.93 ↑ +284%
AETNA ASA $70.47 ↑ +287%
HORIZON HMO $71.00 ↑ +290%
HORIZON PIP $71.01 ↑ +290%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $72.00 ↑ +296%
CIGNA BH $72.00 ↑ +296%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $72.03 ↑ +296%
HORIZON PPO $72.66 ↑ +299%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $76.50 ↑ +321%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $76.50 ↑ +321%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $77.83 ↑ +328%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $79.20 ↑ +335%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $88.16 ↑ +385%

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Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $18.19 $18.19 – $69.42
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