X-ray exam of mastoids 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

$117.70

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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$337.00

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.

$24.11 with HORIZON vs $296.56 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 $24.11 ↓ -80%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $46.88 ↓ -60%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $47.52 ↓ -60%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $60.66 ↓ -48%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $65.64 ↓ -44%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $66.78 ↓ -43%
AETNA PPO $68.72 ↓ -42%
AETNA HMO $68.72 ↓ -42%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $70.63 ↓ -40%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $73.13 ↓ -38%
CIGNA HMO $104.77 ↓ -11%
CIGNA PPO $104.77 ↓ -11%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $117.70 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $117.70 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $117.70 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $117.70 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $123.59 ↑ +5%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $128.30 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $141.24 ↑ +20%
QUALCARE HMO $167.15 ↑ +42%
HORIZON OMNIA $214.94 ↑ +83%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $237.25 ↑ +102%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $252.75 ↑ +115%
HORIZON SHP $259.32 ↑ +120%
QUALCARE PPO $261.85 ↑ +122%
AETNA ASA $263.87 ↑ +124%
HORIZON HMO $265.86 ↑ +126%
HORIZON PIP $265.89 ↑ +126%
CIGNA BH $269.60 ↑ +129%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $269.60 ↑ +129%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $269.70 ↑ +129%
HORIZON PPO $272.06 ↑ +131%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $286.45 ↑ +143%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $286.45 ↑ +143%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $295.04 ↑ +151%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $295.04 ↑ +151%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $296.56 ↑ +152%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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X-ray exam of mastoids at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $58.18 $19.99 – $232.44
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $120.50 $17.22 – $655.00
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $64.41 $25.87 – $249.21
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $117.70 $46.88 – $295.04
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $125.23 $25.60 – $336.99
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $116.22 $46.88 – $116.22
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $117.81 $58.70 – $312.47
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $117.70 $46.88 – $123.59

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