Dch validity tests 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

$3.48

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.

$45.00

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.

$1.15 with HORIZON vs $44.08 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 $1.15 ↓ -67%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $3.48 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3.48 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.48 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3.48 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.48 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $3.48 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.65 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3.79 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $4.18 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.53 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $5.61 ↑ +61%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $6.35 ↑ +82%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $7.14 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7.14 ↑ +105%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.81 ↑ +182%
CIGNA HMO $15.95 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $15.95 ↑ +358%
QUALCARE HMO $22.32 ↑ +541%
HORIZON OMNIA $28.70 ↑ +725%
AETNA HMO $30.96 ↑ +790%
AETNA PPO $30.96 ↑ +790%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $31.68 ↑ +810%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $33.75 ↑ +870%
HORIZON SHP $34.63 ↑ +895%
QUALCARE PPO $34.97 ↑ +905%
AETNA ASA $35.24 ↑ +913%
HORIZON HMO $35.50 ↑ +920%
HORIZON PIP $35.51 ↑ +920%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $36.00 ↑ +934%
CIGNA BH $36.00 ↑ +934%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $36.01 ↑ +935%
HORIZON PPO $36.33 ↑ +944%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $38.25 ↑ +999%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $38.25 ↑ +999%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $38.92 ↑ +1018%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $39.60 ↑ +1038%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $44.08 ↑ +1167%

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