Antistreptolysin o screen 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

$6.35

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.

$122.00

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.

$1.97 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $118.47 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey — 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 Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $1.97 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2.71 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Nexus $2.71 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $3.17 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Commercial $3.17 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Community Plan $4.85 ↓ -24%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $4.94 ↓ -22%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $5.77 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $5.77 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $5.77 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $5.77 ↓ -9%
Clover Medicare Advantage $5.77 ↓ -9%
Humana Medicare $5.77 ↓ -9%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $5.77 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $5.77 ↓ -9%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $5.77 ↓ -9%
Aetna Medicare $5.77 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Medicare $5.89 ↓ -7%
Aetna PPO $7.10 ↑ +12%
Aetna HMO $7.10 ↑ +12%
Emblem Health Commercial $10.10 ↑ +59%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $11.48 ↑ +81%
Amerihealth Local Value $17.40 ↑ +174%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $17.40 ↑ +174%
Cigna HMO $24.03 ↑ +278%
Cigna PPO $24.03 ↑ +278%
Cigna Local Plus $24.03 ↑ +278%
Aetna Better Health $24.70 ↑ +289%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $69.54 ↑ +995%
First Health Commercial $73.20 ↑ +1053%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $93.69 ↑ +1375%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $99.91 ↑ +1473%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $116.36 ↑ +1732%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $118.47 ↑ +1766%

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Antistreptolysin o screen at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $6.35 $2.71 – $27.39
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6.35 $1.97 – $24.03
Community Medical Center Toms River $6.35 $1.97 – $24.03
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $6.35 $1.97 – $24.03
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $6.35 $1.97 – $24.03
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $6.35 $1.97 – $24.03
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $6.35 $1.97 – $24.03
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $5.77 $5.77 – $26.44

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