Uric acid blood 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

$4.52

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.

$220.00

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.

$2.68 with AETNA vs $20.71 with CIGNA — 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 $2.68 ↓ -41%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $3.45 ↓ -24%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.14 ↓ -8%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $4.52 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.52 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.52 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $4.52 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $4.52 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $4.52 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.75 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.93 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $5.42 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.89 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $9.28 ↑ +105%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $9.28 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $9.91 ↑ +119%
HORIZON OMNIA $12.12 ↑ +168%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $13.38 ↑ +196%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $14.25 ↑ +215%
HORIZON SHP $14.62 ↑ +223%
QUALCARE HMO $14.76 ↑ +227%
QUALCARE PPO $14.76 ↑ +227%
AETNA ASA $14.88 ↑ +229%
HORIZON PIP $14.99 ↑ +232%
HORIZON HMO $14.99 ↑ +232%
CIGNA BH $15.20 ↑ +236%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $15.21 ↑ +237%
HORIZON PPO $15.34 ↑ +239%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $16.15 ↑ +257%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $16.15 ↑ +257%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $16.43 ↑ +263%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $16.72 ↑ +270%
AETNA HMO $17.10 ↑ +278%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $17.10 ↑ +278%
AETNA PPO $17.10 ↑ +278%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $18.61 ↑ +312%
CIGNA HMO $20.71 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $20.71 ↑ +358%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $4.97 $2.12 – $18.69
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $4.97 $2.12 – $18.69
Community Medical Center Toms River $4.97 $2.12 – $18.69
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $4.97 $2.12 – $18.69
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Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4.97 $2.12 – $18.69
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $4.97 $2.12 – $18.69
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $4.97 $2.12 – $18.69

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