Shoulder MRI (with contrast) 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

$874.49

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.

$4,498.00

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.

$477.40 with HORIZON vs $5,610.00 with QUALCARE — 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
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $477.40 ↓ -45%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $593.68 ↓ -32%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $634.22 ↓ -27%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $650.00 ↓ -26%
CIGNA HMO $783.71 ↓ -10%
CIGNA PPO $783.71 ↓ -10%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $809.64 ↓ -7%
AETNA HMO $832.96 ↓ -5%
AETNA PPO $832.96 ↓ -5%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $874.49 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $874.49 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $874.49 ↑ +0%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $874.49 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $918.21 ↑ +5%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $951.00 ↑ +9%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $953.19 ↑ +9%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $976.07 ↑ +12%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $1,049.38 ↑ +20%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $1,094.00 ↑ +25%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $1,112.92 ↑ +27%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $1,739.68 ↑ +99%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $1,739.68 ↑ +99%
QUALCARE HMO $2,083.00 ↑ +138%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $2,159.44 ↑ +147%
HORIZON OMNIA $2,868.82 ↑ +228%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $3,103.62 ↑ +255%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $3,166.59 ↑ +262%
HORIZON SHP $3,461.21 ↑ +296%
AETNA ASA $3,521.93 ↑ +303%
HORIZON HMO $3,548.47 ↑ +306%
HORIZON PIP $3,548.92 ↑ +306%
CIGNA BH $3,598.40 ↑ +311%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $3,599.75 ↑ +312%
HORIZON PPO $3,631.24 ↑ +315%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $3,823.30 ↑ +337%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $4,332.00 ↑ +395%
QUALCARE PPO $5,610.00 ↑ +542%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Shoulder MRI (with contrast) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $874.49 $783.71 – $4,332.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $930.42 $506.96 – $4,332.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $863.44 $593.68 – $4,332.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $875.24 $624.84 – $4,332.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $874.49 $593.68 – $4,332.00
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $930.42 $559.24 – $4,332.00
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $875.24 $624.84 – $4,332.00
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $863.44 $593.68 – $4,332.00

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