CT guidance for needle placement at Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus
600 River Ave, Lakewood, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1225133473
$642.02
Cash price 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.
$2,701.00
Gross charge 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.
$151.34 with Aetna vs $2,622.94 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | PPO | $151.34 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | HMO | $151.34 | ↓ -76% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $188.81 | ↓ -71% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $499.41 | ↓ -22% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $508.86 | ↓ -21% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $546.95 | ↓ -15% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO/WC | $726.00 | ↑ +13% |
| Wellpoint | NJ Family Care | $1,539.57 | ↑ +140% |
| First Health | Commercial | $1,620.60 | ↑ +152% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $1,724.58 | ↑ +169% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | $1,797.00 | ↑ +180% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $1,978.48 | ↑ +208% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $2,070.31 | ↑ +222% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $2,091.92 | ↑ +226% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $2,576.21 | ↑ +301% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $2,622.94 | ↑ +309% |
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CT guidance for needle placement at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $506.97 | $71.58 – $591.65 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $550.72 | $160.29 – $726.00 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $560.18 | $147.03 – $726.00 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $568.65 | $160.29 – $726.00 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $541.37 | $73.69 – $726.00 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $561.26 | $92.64 – $704.00 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $590.97 | $151.34 – $726.00 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton | Hamilton Township | $468.59 | $147.03 – $2,995.00 |