Artery x-rays lung 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

$1,698.12

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.

$7,144.00

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.

$184.75 with Aetna vs $6,937.53 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
Aetna HMO $184.75 ↓ -89%
Aetna PPO $184.75 ↓ -89%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $229.60 ↓ -86%
Cigna PPO $367.82 ↓ -78%
Cigna HMO $367.82 ↓ -78%
Cigna Local Plus $367.82 ↓ -78%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $402.28 ↓ -76%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $402.28 ↓ -76%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $402.28 ↓ -76%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $402.28 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Community Plan $1,320.92 ↓ -22%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $1,345.92 ↓ -21%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $1,370.00 ↓ -19%
Aetna Better Health $1,446.66 ↓ -15%
Clover Medicare Advantage $3,439.84 ↑ +103%
Humana Medicare $3,439.84 ↑ +103%
Aetna Medicare $3,439.84 ↑ +103%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $3,439.84 ↑ +103%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $3,439.84 ↑ +103%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $3,439.84 ↑ +103%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,508.64 ↑ +107%
United Healthcare Nexus $3,991.82 ↑ +135%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $3,991.82 ↑ +135%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $4,072.08 ↑ +140%
First Health Commercial $4,286.40 ↑ +152%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,378.62 ↑ +158%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $4,378.62 ↑ +158%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $5,850.93 ↑ +245%
Emblem Health Commercial $6,019.72 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $6,813.94 ↑ +301%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $6,845.28 ↑ +303%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $6,937.53 ↑ +309%

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Artery x-rays lung at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $1,340.92 $66.86 – $6,879.68
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $1,768.09 $195.62 – $7,062.48
Community Medical Center Toms River $1,481.66 $179.49 – $6,845.28
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $1,136.71 $195.62 – $7,027.17
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $1,738.05 $68.83 – $7,062.48
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $1,484.52 $86.53 – $7,376.29
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $1,563.10 $184.75 – $6,932.84
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $3,483.84 $244.34 – $7,747.94

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