X-ray lumbosacral spine >= 4 views 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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,019.00

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.

$38.50 with HORIZON vs $896.72 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 $38.50 ↓ -67%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $68.87 ↓ -41%
AETNA HMO $92.67 ↓ -21%
AETNA PPO $92.67 ↓ -21%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $95.78 ↓ -19%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $99.45 ↓ -16%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $101.17 ↓ -14%
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%
CIGNA HMO $136.88 ↑ +16%
CIGNA PPO $136.88 ↑ +16%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $141.24 ↑ +20%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $143.68 ↑ +22%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $183.42 ↑ +56%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $221.12 ↑ +88%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $295.04 ↑ +151%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $295.04 ↑ +151%
QUALCARE HMO $505.42 ↑ +329%
HORIZON OMNIA $649.92 ↑ +452%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $717.38 ↑ +509%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $764.25 ↑ +549%
HORIZON SHP $784.12 ↑ +566%
QUALCARE PPO $791.76 ↑ +573%
AETNA ASA $797.88 ↑ +578%
HORIZON HMO $803.89 ↑ +583%
HORIZON PIP $803.99 ↑ +583%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $815.20 ↑ +593%
CIGNA BH $815.20 ↑ +593%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $815.51 ↑ +593%
HORIZON PPO $822.64 ↑ +599%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $866.15 ↑ +636%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $866.15 ↑ +636%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $896.72 ↑ +662%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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X-ray lumbosacral spine >= 4 views at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Carrier Clinic Belle Mead $407.60 $147.76 – $147.76
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $147.90 $27.10 – $232.44
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $166.97 $45.10 – $238.62
Community Medical Center Toms River $163.43 $45.10 – $231.28
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $156.73 $45.10 – $237.43
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Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $164.14 $27.90 – $238.62
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $163.74 $35.07 – $249.21

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