Chemo adm cns w/lmbr punct 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

$710.72

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.

$2,990.00

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.

$110.04 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $2,903.58 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
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $110.04 ↓ -85%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $362.50 ↓ -49%
Humana Medicare $362.50 ↓ -49%
Aetna Medicare $362.50 ↓ -49%
Clover Medicare Advantage $362.50 ↓ -49%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $362.50 ↓ -49%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $362.50 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Medicare $369.75 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Community Plan $552.85 ↓ -22%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $563.31 ↓ -21%
Aetna Better Health $605.47 ↓ -15%
Emblem Health Commercial $634.38 ↓ -11%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $721.38 ↑ +1%
Aetna HMO $1,104.00 ↑ +55%
Aetna PPO $1,104.00 ↑ +55%
Cigna Local Plus $1,317.99 ↑ +85%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $1,387.00 ↑ +95%
Cigna HMO $1,674.69 ↑ +136%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $1,704.30 ↑ +140%
Cigna PPO $1,763.80 ↑ +148%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $1,780.00 ↑ +150%
United Healthcare Nexus $1,780.00 ↑ +150%
First Health Commercial $1,794.00 ↑ +152%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,909.11 ↑ +169%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,094.00 ↑ +195%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,094.00 ↑ +195%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $2,190.17 ↑ +208%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $2,291.83 ↑ +222%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $2,315.75 ↑ +226%
Amerihealth Local Value $2,339.07 ↑ +229%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $2,339.07 ↑ +229%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $2,448.81 ↑ +245%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $2,851.86 ↑ +301%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $2,903.58 ↑ +309%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $561.22 $83.47 – $725.00
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $577.63 $110.04 – $1,387.00
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Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $654.21 $110.04 – $1,387.00
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Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $390.62 $127.73 – $3,250.00
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