Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) 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

$442.35

Cash price

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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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$1,861.00

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.

$264.17 with Wellpoint vs $2,452.00 with United Healthcare — 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
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $264.17 ↓ -40%
Aetna Medicare $264.17 ↓ -40%
Humana Medicare $264.17 ↓ -40%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $264.17 ↓ -40%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $264.17 ↓ -40%
Clover Medicare Advantage $264.17 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Medicare $269.45 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare Community Plan $344.09 ↓ -22%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $350.61 ↓ -21%
Aetna Better Health $376.85 ↓ -15%
Emblem Health Commercial $462.30 ↑ +5%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $525.70 ↑ +19%
Cigna HMO $794.88 ↑ +80%
Cigna PPO $794.88 ↑ +80%
Cigna Local Plus $794.88 ↑ +80%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $1,060.77 ↑ +140%
First Health Commercial $1,116.60 ↑ +152%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,188.24 ↑ +169%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $1,363.18 ↑ +208%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $1,426.45 ↑ +222%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $1,429.24 ↑ +223%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $1,441.34 ↑ +226%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,455.86 ↑ +229%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $1,455.86 ↑ +229%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $1,524.15 ↑ +245%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $1,525.57 ↑ +245%
Aetna PPO $1,563.24 ↑ +253%
Aetna HMO $1,563.24 ↑ +253%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,775.02 ↑ +301%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,807.21 ↑ +309%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,084.00 ↑ +371%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,084.00 ↑ +371%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,452.00 ↑ +454%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,452.00 ↑ +454%

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Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $349.30 $99.14 – $794.88
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $554.11 $271.19 – $794.88
Community Medical Center Toms River $385.97 $264.17 – $794.88
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $435.59 $271.19 – $794.88
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $544.70 $102.06 – $794.88
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $386.71 $128.30 – $794.88
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $407.18 $267.55 – $794.88
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $267.55 $267.55 – $1,207.00

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