Biopsy(ies) & aspiration(s) bone marrow diagnostic (both sides) 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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$4,190.00

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.

$736.20 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $6,224.48 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 $736.20 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Community Plan $774.73 ↓ -82%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $789.39 ↓ -82%
Aetna Better Health $848.47 ↓ -80%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,764.82 ↓ -59%
Cigna Local Plus $2,101.00 ↓ -52%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $2,118.46 ↓ -51%
First Health Commercial $2,514.00 ↓ -42%
Cigna HMO $2,670.00 ↓ -39%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $2,675.31 ↓ -38%
Cigna PPO $2,812.00 ↓ -35%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $2,979.09 ↓ -32%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $3,069.17 ↓ -29%
Clover Medicare Advantage $3,127.88 ↓ -28%
Humana Medicare $3,127.88 ↓ -28%
Aetna Medicare $3,127.88 ↓ -28%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $3,127.88 ↓ -28%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $3,127.88 ↓ -28%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $3,127.88 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,190.44 ↓ -27%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $3,211.63 ↓ -26%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $3,245.15 ↓ -25%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $3,266.00 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $3,417.00 ↓ -21%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $3,645.30 ↓ -16%
United Healthcare Nexus $3,845.00 ↓ -12%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $3,996.42 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $4,020.00 ↓ -8%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $4,068.90 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,523.00 ↑ +4%
Aetna HMO $4,540.00 ↑ +4%
Aetna PPO $4,540.00 ↑ +4%
Emblem Health Commercial $5,473.79 ↑ +26%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $6,224.48 ↑ +43%

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Biopsy(ies) & aspiration(s) bone marrow diagnostic (both sides) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $90.76 – $6,255.76
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $298.80 – $6,421.98
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $306.00 – $6,224.48
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $295.20 – $6,389.87
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $93.43 – $6,421.98
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $117.45 – $6,707.33
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $590.40 – $6,304.10
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $3,167.89 $3,167.89 – $3,801.47

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