Ligation of shunt 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

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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.

$1,419.00

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.

$200.08 with AETNA 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
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $200.08
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $255.42
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $297.99
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $307.92
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $309.34
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $892.43
HORIZON OMNIA $905.04
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $1,064.25
HORIZON SHP $1,091.92
QUALCARE PPO $1,102.56
AETNA ASA $1,111.08
HORIZON HMO $1,119.45
HORIZON PIP $1,119.59
CIGNA BH $1,135.20
HORIZON INDEMNITY $1,135.63
HORIZON PPO $1,145.56
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $1,206.15
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $1,206.15
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,227.15
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $1,248.72
CIGNA PPO $1,275.54
CIGNA HMO $1,275.54
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,389.91
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,892.00
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $6,195.00
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $7,690.00
AETNA PPO $8,419.00
AETNA HMO $8,419.00
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,715.00
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP not published by hospital
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Ligation of shunt at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick $5,741.00 $318.10 – $318.10
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth not published $219.57 – $912.99
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark not published $226.02 – $226.02
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City not published $284.14 – $284.14
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel not published not published
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack not published $916.45 – $916.45
Ocean University Medical Center Brick not published $892.43 – $892.43
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison not published $916.45 – $916.45

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