Repair esophagus opening 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

$3,589.62

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.

$5,118.00

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.

$721.64 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 $721.64 ↓ -80%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $921.24 ↓ -74%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,110.61 ↓ -69%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -67%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,892.00 ↓ -47%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,108.65 ↓ -41%
HORIZON OMNIA $3,264.26 ↓ -9%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,589.62 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $3,589.62 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,589.62 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $3,589.62 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,769.11 ↑ +5%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $3,838.50 ↑ +7%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $3,912.69 ↑ +9%
HORIZON SHP $3,938.30 ↑ +10%
QUALCARE PPO $3,976.69 ↑ +11%
AETNA ASA $4,007.39 ↑ +12%
HORIZON HMO $4,037.59 ↑ +12%
HORIZON PIP $4,038.10 ↑ +12%
CIGNA BH $4,094.40 ↑ +14%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $4,095.94 ↑ +14%
HORIZON PPO $4,131.76 ↑ +15%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $4,307.55 ↑ +20%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $4,350.30 ↑ +21%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $4,350.30 ↑ +21%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $4,426.05 ↑ +23%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $4,503.84 ↑ +25%
CIGNA HMO $4,600.57 ↑ +28%
CIGNA PPO $4,600.57 ↑ +28%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $5,013.08 ↑ +40%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +74%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,268.00 ↑ +130%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +135%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +135%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +177%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,284.00 ↑ +186%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,715.00 ↑ +198%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $518.80 – $7,088.58
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $546.34 – $7,276.94
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $559.50 – $7,053.14
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Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $592.42 – $7,600.27
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $1,079.51 – $7,143.34
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