Esophagoscop stent placement 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

$6,588.93

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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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$9,233.00

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.

$382.60 with KARNA vs $14,048.00 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.

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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

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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $382.60 ↓ -94%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -82%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $1,301.85 ↓ -80%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,661.94 ↓ -75%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,892.00 ↓ -71%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2,003.56 ↓ -70%
HORIZON OMNIA $5,888.81 ↓ -11%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↓ -5%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,588.93 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $6,588.93 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $6,588.93 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,588.93 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,918.37 ↑ +5%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $6,924.75 ↑ +5%
HORIZON SHP $7,104.79 ↑ +8%
QUALCARE PPO $7,174.04 ↑ +9%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7,181.93 ↑ +9%
AETNA ASA $7,229.44 ↑ +10%
HORIZON HMO $7,283.91 ↑ +11%
HORIZON PIP $7,284.84 ↑ +11%
CIGNA BH $7,386.40 ↑ +12%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $7,389.17 ↑ +12%
HORIZON PPO $7,453.80 ↑ +13%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $7,848.05 ↑ +19%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $7,848.05 ↑ +19%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $7,906.71 ↑ +20%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $7,984.70 ↑ +21%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $8,125.04 ↑ +23%
CIGNA PPO $8,299.54 ↑ +26%
CIGNA HMO $8,299.54 ↑ +26%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +28%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +28%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $9,043.72 ↑ +37%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +51%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,715.00 ↑ +63%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $11,277.00 ↑ +71%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $14,048.00 ↑ +113%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Esophagoscop stent placement at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $6,588.93 $6,588.93 – $7,906.71
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $7,010.39 $393.05 – $7,360.91
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $6,505.71 $382.60 – $7,806.85
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $6,594.64 $168.84 – $6,594.64
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $6,588.93 $382.60 – $7,906.71
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $7,010.39 $166.31 – $7,641.32
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $6,594.64 $393.05 – $7,913.57
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $6,505.71 $382.60 – $7,806.85

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