Removal of external ear at Riverview Medical Center
1 Riverview Plaza, Red Bank, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1710499462
$6,547.81
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.
$9,140.00
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.
$816.65 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 | $816.65 | ↓ -88% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,189.00 | ↓ -82% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,288.74 | ↓ -80% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $1,339.00 | ↓ -80% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,645.20 | ↓ -75% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,983.38 | ↓ -70% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $3,140.00 | ↓ -52% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $3,514.00 | ↓ -46% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $5,829.49 | ↓ -11% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $6,256.00 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6,547.81 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6,547.81 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $6,547.81 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $6,547.81 | ↑ +0% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $6,855.00 | ↑ +5% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6,875.20 | ↑ +5% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $7,033.23 | ↑ +7% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $7,101.78 | ↑ +8% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $7,137.11 | ↑ +9% |
| AETNA | ASA | $7,156.62 | ↑ +9% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $7,210.55 | ↑ +10% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $7,211.46 | ↑ +10% |
| CIGNA | BH | $7,312.00 | ↑ +12% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $7,314.74 | ↑ +12% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $7,378.72 | ↑ +13% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $7,769.00 | ↑ +19% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $7,769.00 | ↑ +19% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $7,857.37 | ↑ +20% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $7,904.27 | ↑ +21% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $8,043.20 | ↑ +23% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $8,268.00 | ↑ +26% |
| AETNA | HMO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +29% |
| AETNA | PPO | $8,419.00 | ↑ +29% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $8,952.63 | ↑ +37% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $9,933.00 | ↑ +52% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $10,284.00 | ↑ +57% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $10,715.00 | ↑ +64% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Removal of external ear at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $5,855.00 | $200.93 – $12,930.22 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $6,839.00 | $298.57 – $13,273.80 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $3,786.00 | $305.76 – $12,865.57 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $3,986.00 | $294.97 – $13,207.43 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $4,881.00 | $206.84 – $13,273.80 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $5,339.00 | $260.03 – $13,863.61 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $5,419.00 | $589.94 – $13,030.14 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $6,547.81 | $6,547.81 – $7,857.37 |