Air injection into abdomen 49400 at Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus

600 River Ave, Lakewood, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1225133473

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 3, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$4,350.00

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$500.00

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.

$59.53 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $4,540.00 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $59.53 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Community Plan $92.45 ↓ -98%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $94.20 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health $101.25 ↓ -98%
Amerihealth Local Value $210.60 ↓ -95%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $252.80 ↓ -94%
First Health Commercial $300.00 ↓ -93%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $319.25 ↓ -93%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $366.25 ↓ -92%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $383.25 ↓ -91%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $387.25 ↓ -91%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $435.00 ↓ -90%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $476.90 ↓ -89%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $485.55 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,445.00 ↓ -44%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $2,699.00 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,751.00 ↓ -37%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,877.00 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,236.00 ↓ -26%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $3,266.00 ↓ -25%
Aetna HMO $4,540.00 ↑ +4%
Aetna PPO $4,540.00 ↑ +4%

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Air injection into abdomen 49400 at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $59.53 – $59.53
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $59.53 – $78.29
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $59.53 – $98.42
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth not published $76.05 – $380.41
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston not published $59.53 – $59.53
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville not published $59.53 – $59.53
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel not published not published
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack not published $184.52 – $184.52

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