Change of ureter tube/stent 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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$4,564.00

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.

$59.53 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $4,540.00 with Aetna — 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

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 $59.53 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Community Plan $843.88 ↓ -81%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $859.85 ↓ -80%
Aetna Better Health $924.21 ↓ -79%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,922.35 ↓ -56%
Cigna Local Plus $2,101.00 ↓ -52%
Clover Medicare Advantage $2,238.78 ↓ -49%
Humana Medicare $2,238.78 ↓ -49%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $2,238.78 ↓ -49%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $2,238.78 ↓ -49%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $2,238.78 ↓ -49%
Aetna Medicare $2,238.78 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Medicare $2,283.56 ↓ -48%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $2,307.55 ↓ -47%
Cigna HMO $2,670.00 ↓ -39%
First Health Commercial $2,738.40 ↓ -37%
Cigna PPO $2,812.00 ↓ -35%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $2,914.11 ↓ -33%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $3,266.00 ↓ -25%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $3,343.13 ↓ -23%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $3,417.00 ↓ -21%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $3,498.30 ↓ -20%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $3,534.81 ↓ -19%
United Healthcare Nexus $3,845.00 ↓ -12%
Emblem Health Commercial $3,917.87 ↓ -10%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $3,970.68 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $4,020.00 ↓ -8%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $4,148.00 ↓ -5%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $4,353.14 ↑ +0%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $4,432.10 ↑ +2%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $4,455.17 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,523.00 ↑ +4%
Aetna PPO $4,540.00 ↑ +4%
Aetna HMO $4,540.00 ↑ +4%

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Change of ureter tube/stent at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $39.24 – $4,477.56
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $59.53 – $4,596.52
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $59.53 – $4,455.17
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $59.53 – $4,573.54
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $40.39 – $4,596.52
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $50.78 – $4,800.78
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $59.53 – $4,512.15
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $2,267.41 $2,267.41 – $2,720.90

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