Esophagoscopy lesion removal 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

$2,099.70

Cash price

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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.

$4,457.00

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.

$271.57 with KARNA vs $10,715.00 with HORIZON — 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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $271.57 ↓ -87%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $628.44 ↓ -70%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $802.26 ↓ -62%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $967.17 ↓ -54%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,018.00 ↓ -52%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -43%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,099.70 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2,099.70 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $2,099.70 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,099.70 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,204.69 ↑ +5%
CIGNA HMO $2,250.00 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,288.68 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $2,519.64 ↑ +20%
CIGNA PPO $2,522.00 ↑ +20%
HORIZON OMNIA $2,842.67 ↑ +35%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $3,342.75 ↑ +59%
HORIZON SHP $3,429.66 ↑ +63%
QUALCARE PPO $3,463.09 ↑ +65%
AETNA ASA $3,489.83 ↑ +66%
HORIZON HMO $3,516.13 ↑ +67%
HORIZON PIP $3,516.57 ↑ +67%
CIGNA BH $3,565.60 ↑ +70%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $3,566.94 ↑ +70%
HORIZON PPO $3,598.14 ↑ +71%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $3,788.45 ↑ +80%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $3,788.45 ↑ +80%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $3,854.41 ↑ +84%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $3,922.16 ↑ +87%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $4,365.63 ↑ +108%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +198%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,268.00 ↑ +294%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +301%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +301%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +373%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,284.00 ↑ +390%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,715.00 ↑ +410%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Esophagoscopy lesion removal at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $2,099.70 $2,099.70 – $2,519.64
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $2,234.01 $280.06 – $2,345.71
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $2,073.18 $271.57 – $2,487.82
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $2,101.52 $242.10 – $2,101.52
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $2,099.70 $271.57 – $2,519.64
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $2,234.01 $238.47 – $2,435.07
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $2,101.52 $280.06 – $2,521.83
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $2,073.18 $271.57 – $2,487.82

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