Ultrasound spinal canal and contents at Riverview Medical Center
1 Riverview Plaza, Red Bank, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1710499462
$117.70
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.
$613.00
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.
$86.43 with AETNA vs $551.70 with BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN — 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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| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $86.43 | ↓ -27% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $106.67 | ↓ -9% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $110.34 | ↓ -6% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $117.70 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $117.70 | ↑ +0% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $117.70 | ↑ +0% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $117.70 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $123.59 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $128.30 | ↑ +9% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $133.02 | ↑ +13% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $141.24 | ↑ +20% |
| AETNA | HMO | $166.50 | ↑ +41% |
| AETNA | PPO | $166.50 | ↑ +41% |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | $232.72 | ↑ +98% |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | $236.75 | ↑ +101% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $295.04 | ↑ +151% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $295.04 | ↑ +151% |
| CIGNA | PPO | $309.76 | ↑ +163% |
| CIGNA | HMO | $309.76 | ↑ +163% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $317.41 | ↑ +170% |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | $390.97 | ↑ +232% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $431.55 | ↑ +267% |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | $435.23 | ↑ +270% |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | $459.75 | ↑ +291% |
| HORIZON | SHP | $471.70 | ↑ +301% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $476.30 | ↑ +305% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $476.30 | ↑ +305% |
| AETNA | ASA | $479.98 | ↑ +308% |
| HORIZON | HMO | $483.60 | ↑ +311% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $483.66 | ↑ +311% |
| CIGNA | BH | $490.40 | ↑ +317% |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | $490.58 | ↑ +317% |
| HORIZON | PPO | $494.87 | ↑ +320% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $521.05 | ↑ +343% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $521.05 | ↑ +343% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $539.44 | ↑ +358% |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | $551.70 | ↑ +369% |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Ultrasound spinal canal and contents at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $171.37 | $87.17 – $581.64 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $152.35 | $106.60 – $581.64 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $189.35 | $106.60 – $581.64 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $143.00 | $106.60 – $581.64 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $149.76 | $89.73 – $581.64 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $189.72 | $106.60 – $581.64 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $199.76 | $106.60 – $581.64 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $117.70 | $106.67 – $309.76 |