Core ndl bx lng/med perq 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

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.

$5,066.00

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.

$936.70 with United Healthcare vs $10,359.00 with Cigna — 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
United Healthcare Community Plan $936.70 ↓ -78%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $954.43 ↓ -78%
Aetna Better Health $1,025.86 ↓ -76%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $1,770.73 ↓ -59%
Humana Medicare $1,770.73 ↓ -59%
Clover Medicare Advantage $1,770.73 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare $1,770.73 ↓ -59%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $1,770.73 ↓ -59%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $1,770.73 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,806.14 ↓ -58%
Amerihealth Local Value $2,133.79 ↓ -51%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $2,211.18 ↓ -49%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $2,561.36 ↓ -41%
First Health Commercial $3,039.60 ↓ -30%
Emblem Health Commercial $3,098.78 ↓ -29%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $3,234.64 ↓ -26%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $3,266.00 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $3,417.00 ↓ -21%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $3,523.75 ↓ -19%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $3,601.92 ↓ -17%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $3,710.84 ↓ -15%
United Healthcare Nexus $3,845.00 ↓ -12%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $3,883.08 ↓ -11%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $3,923.61 ↓ -10%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $4,020.00 ↓ -8%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $4,407.42 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,523.00 ↑ +4%
Aetna HMO $4,540.00 ↑ +4%
Aetna PPO $4,540.00 ↑ +4%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $4,831.95 ↑ +11%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $4,919.59 ↑ +13%
Cigna Local Plus $7,740.00 ↑ +78%
Cigna HMO $9,835.00 ↑ +126%
Cigna PPO $10,359.00 ↑ +138%

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Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $897.45 – $3,635.56
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