Cytopathology concentration technique smears & interpretation 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

$43.44

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.

$380.00

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.

$13.80 with HORIZON vs $372.21 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 $13.80 ↓ -68%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $43.44 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $43.44 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $43.44 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $43.44 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $45.62 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $47.35 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $52.13 ↑ +20%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $53.58 ↑ +23%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $69.46 ↑ +60%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $69.46 ↑ +60%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $70.87 ↑ +63%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $82.46 ↑ +90%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $126.14 ↑ +190%
QUALCARE HMO $188.48 ↑ +334%
HORIZON OMNIA $242.36 ↑ +458%
AETNA HMO $261.44 ↑ +502%
AETNA PPO $261.44 ↑ +502%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $267.52 ↑ +516%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $285.00 ↑ +556%
HORIZON SHP $292.41 ↑ +573%
QUALCARE PPO $295.26 ↑ +580%
AETNA ASA $297.54 ↑ +585%
HORIZON HMO $299.78 ↑ +590%
HORIZON PIP $299.82 ↑ +590%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $304.00 ↑ +600%
CIGNA BH $304.00 ↑ +600%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $304.11 ↑ +600%
HORIZON PPO $306.77 ↑ +606%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $323.00 ↑ +644%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $323.00 ↑ +644%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $328.62 ↑ +656%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $334.40 ↑ +670%
CIGNA PPO $363.39 ↑ +737%
CIGNA HMO $363.39 ↑ +737%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $372.21 ↑ +757%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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