Biliary endoscopy thru skin 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.

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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$7,528.00

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.

$234.72 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $13,570.41 with Wellcare — 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
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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 $234.72 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan $1,391.92 ↓ -68%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $1,418.27 ↓ -67%
Aetna Better Health $1,524.42 ↓ -65%
Amerihealth Local Value $3,170.79 ↓ -27%
Cigna Local Plus $3,205.00 ↓ -26%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $3,266.00 ↓ -25%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $3,806.15 ↓ -13%
Cigna HMO $4,073.00 ↓ -6%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $4,148.00 ↓ -5%
Cigna PPO $4,290.00 ↓ -1%
First Health Commercial $4,516.80 ↑ +4%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $4,806.62 ↑ +10%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $5,514.26 ↑ +27%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $5,770.21 ↑ +33%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $5,830.43 ↑ +34%
Aetna HMO $6,257.00 ↑ +44%
Aetna PPO $6,257.00 ↑ +44%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $6,549.36 ↑ +51%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $6,819.30 ↑ +57%
Aetna Medicare $6,819.30 ↑ +57%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $6,819.30 ↑ +57%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $6,819.30 ↑ +57%
Humana Medicare $6,819.30 ↑ +57%
Clover Medicare Advantage $6,819.30 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare Medicare $6,955.69 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $7,099.00 ↑ +63%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $7,180.20 ↑ +65%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $7,310.44 ↑ +68%
United Healthcare Nexus $7,987.00 ↑ +84%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $8,352.00 ↑ +92%
United Healthcare Commercial $9,396.00 ↑ +116%
Emblem Health Commercial $11,933.78 ↑ +174%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $13,570.41 ↑ +212%

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Biliary endoscopy thru skin at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $136.11 – $13,638.60
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $234.72 – $14,001.00
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $234.72 – $13,570.41
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $234.72 – $13,931.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $140.11 – $14,001.00
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $176.14 – $14,623.12
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $234.72 – $13,743.99
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $6,906.53 $6,906.53 – $8,287.84

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