Tympanic membrane repair 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

$1,639.57

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.

$7,084.00

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.

$598.30 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.

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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
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $598.30 ↓ -64%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $998.84 ↓ -39%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,189.00 ↓ -27%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,275.12 ↓ -22%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,487.64 ↓ -9%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $1,537.23 ↓ -6%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,544.31 ↓ -6%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,639.57 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $1,639.57 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $1,639.57 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $1,721.55 ↑ +5%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $1,892.00 ↑ +15%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $1,967.48 ↑ +20%
HORIZON OMNIA $4,518.18 ↑ +176%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $5,313.00 ↑ +224%
HORIZON SHP $5,451.14 ↑ +232%
QUALCARE PPO $5,504.27 ↑ +236%
AETNA ASA $5,546.77 ↑ +238%
HORIZON HMO $5,588.57 ↑ +241%
HORIZON PIP $5,589.28 ↑ +241%
CIGNA BH $5,667.20 ↑ +246%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $5,669.33 ↑ +246%
HORIZON PPO $5,718.91 ↑ +249%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $6,021.40 ↑ +267%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $6,021.40 ↑ +267%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $6,126.24 ↑ +274%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $6,233.92 ↑ +280%
QUALCARE HMO $6,256.00 ↑ +282%
CIGNA PPO $6,367.81 ↑ +288%
CIGNA HMO $6,367.81 ↑ +288%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $6,938.78 ↑ +323%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $8,268.00 ↑ +404%
AETNA PPO $8,419.00 ↑ +413%
AETNA HMO $8,419.00 ↑ +413%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $9,933.00 ↑ +506%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $10,284.00 ↑ +527%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $10,715.00 ↑ +554%
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 $39.65 – $3,237.72
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $55.78 – $3,323.76
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $57.12 – $3,221.53
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Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $40.81 – $3,323.76
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $51.31 – $3,471.44
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $110.21 – $3,262.74
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