Incision of achilles tendon at Riverview Medical Center
1 Riverview Plaza, Red Bank, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1710499462
$1,771.43
Cash price 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.
$5,266.00
Gross charge 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.
$380.93 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $380.93 | ↓ -78% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $742.51 | ↓ -58% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $947.88 | ↓ -46% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,018.00 | ↓ -43% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,142.72 | ↓ -35% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,189.00 | ↓ -33% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,771.43 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,771.43 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,771.43 | ↑ +0% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,771.43 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,860.00 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,930.86 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $2,125.72 | ↑ +20% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $2,250.00 | ↑ +27% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $2,522.00 | ↑ +42% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $3,358.65 | ↑ +90% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $3,949.50 | ↑ +123% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $4,052.19 | ↑ +129% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $4,091.68 | ↑ +131% |
| AETNA | ASA | $4,123.28 | ↑ +133% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $4,154.35 | ↑ +135% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $4,154.87 | ↑ +135% |
| CIGNA | BH | $4,212.80 | ↑ +138% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $4,214.38 | ↑ +138% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $4,251.24 | ↑ +140% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,476.10 | ↑ +153% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $4,476.10 | ↑ +153% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $4,554.04 | ↑ +157% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $4,634.08 | ↑ +162% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $5,158.05 | ↑ +191% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $6,256.00 | ↑ +253% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $8,268.00 | ↑ +367% |
| AETNA | HMO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +375% |
| AETNA | PPO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +375% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,933.00 | ↑ +461% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $10,284.00 | ↑ +481% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $10,715.00 | ↑ +505% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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Incision of achilles tendon at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $1,771.43 | $1,771.43 – $2,125.72 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $1,884.74 | $394.21 – $1,978.98 |
| Ocean University Medical Center | Brick | $1,749.06 | $380.93 – $2,098.87 |
| JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) | Edison | $1,772.97 | $121.80 – $1,772.97 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune City | $1,771.43 | $380.93 – $2,125.72 |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen | $1,884.74 | $394.21 – $2,054.37 |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy | $1,772.97 | $394.21 – $2,127.56 |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin | $1,749.06 | $380.93 – $2,098.87 |