Smear fluorescent and/or acid fast stain at Riverview Medical Center
1 Riverview Plaza, Red Bank, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1710499462
$5.39
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.
$94.00
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.
$4.83 with HORIZON vs $89.13 with AMERIHEALTH — 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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| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $4.83 | ↓ -10% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $5.39 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $5.39 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $5.39 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | $5.39 | ↑ +0% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $5.39 | ↑ +0% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $5.39 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $5.66 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $5.88 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $6.47 | ↑ +20% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $7.02 | ↑ +30% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $11.06 | ↑ +105% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $11.06 | ↑ +105% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $11.78 | ↑ +119% |
| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $12.83 | ↑ +138% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $19.84 | ↑ +268% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $24.70 | ↑ +358% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $24.70 | ↑ +358% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $45.14 | ↑ +737% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $58.04 | ↑ +977% |
| AETNA | HMO | $62.61 | ↑ +1062% |
| AETNA | PPO | $62.61 | ↑ +1062% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $64.06 | ↑ +1088% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $68.25 | ↑ +1166% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $70.02 | ↑ +1199% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $70.71 | ↑ +1212% |
| AETNA | ASA | $71.25 | ↑ +1222% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $71.79 | ↑ +1232% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $71.80 | ↑ +1232% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $72.80 | ↑ +1251% |
| CIGNA | BH | $72.80 | ↑ +1251% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $72.83 | ↑ +1251% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $73.46 | ↑ +1263% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $77.35 | ↑ +1335% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $77.35 | ↑ +1335% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $78.70 | ↑ +1360% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $80.08 | ↑ +1386% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $89.13 | ↑ +1554% |
Visitor-reported prices
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $5.93 | $2.53 – $21.37 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $5.93 | $2.53 – $21.37 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $5.93 | $2.53 – $21.37 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $5.93 | $2.53 – $21.37 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $5.93 | $2.53 – $21.37 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $5.93 | $2.53 – $21.37 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $5.93 | $2.53 – $21.37 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $5.39 | $5.39 – $24.70 |