Ferric carboxymaltose 50 mg iron/ml intravenous solution 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

$1.14

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.

$4.97

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.

$0.89 with CLOVER vs $4.47 with BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN — 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
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $0.89 ↓ -22%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $0.97 ↓ -15%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1.14 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1.14 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1.20 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1.24 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $1.37 ↑ +20%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1.45 ↑ +27%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1.49 ↑ +31%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1.58 ↑ +39%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2.24 ↑ +96%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2.24 ↑ +96%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $2.41 ↑ +111%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $2.41 ↑ +111%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $2.44 ↑ +114%
CIGNA HMO $2.46 ↑ +116%
CIGNA PPO $2.46 ↑ +116%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $2.49 ↑ +118%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $2.49 ↑ +118%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2.56 ↑ +125%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $2.93 ↑ +157%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $2.98 ↑ +161%
AETNA HMO $3.03 ↑ +166%
AETNA PPO $3.03 ↑ +166%
HORIZON OMNIA $3.17 ↑ +178%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $3.50 ↑ +207%
HORIZON SHP $3.82 ↑ +235%
AETNA ASA $3.89 ↑ +241%
HORIZON PIP $3.92 ↑ +244%
HORIZON HMO $3.92 ↑ +244%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $3.98 ↑ +249%
CIGNA BH $3.98 ↑ +249%
HORIZON PPO $4.01 ↑ +252%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $4.22 ↑ +270%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $4.22 ↑ +270%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $4.47 ↑ +292%
QUALCARE HMO not published by hospital
QUALCARE PPO not published by hospital

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