Echo tte 2d comp wo ctrst wo clr/dplr 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

$483.24

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.

$2,033.00

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.

$258.70 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $1,794.59 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 Omnia $258.70 ↓ -46%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $258.70 ↓ -46%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $258.70 ↓ -46%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $258.70 ↓ -46%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $264.17 ↓ -45%
Humana Medicare $264.17 ↓ -45%
Aetna Medicare $264.17 ↓ -45%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $264.17 ↓ -45%
Clover Medicare Advantage $264.17 ↓ -45%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $264.17 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Medicare $269.45 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare Community Plan $341.69 ↓ -29%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $348.16 ↓ -28%
Aetna Better Health $374.22 ↓ -23%
Emblem Health Commercial $462.30 ↓ -4%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $525.70 ↑ +9%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $719.00 ↑ +49%
United Healthcare Nexus $719.00 ↑ +49%
Cigna Local Plus $814.59 ↑ +69%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $846.00 ↑ +75%
United Healthcare Commercial $846.00 ↑ +75%
Cigna HMO $1,035.06 ↑ +114%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $1,053.36 ↑ +118%
Cigna PPO $1,090.13 ↑ +126%
First Health Commercial $1,108.80 ↑ +129%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $1,333.34 ↑ +176%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $1,419.26 ↑ +194%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $1,445.69 ↑ +199%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,445.69 ↑ +199%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $1,513.51 ↑ +213%
Aetna PPO $1,552.32 ↑ +221%
Aetna HMO $1,552.32 ↑ +221%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,762.62 ↑ +265%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,794.59 ↑ +271%

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Echo tte 2d comp wo ctrst wo clr/dplr at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $381.59 $70.80 – $804.97
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $440.75 $194.03 – $542.38
Community Medical Center Toms River $421.64 $194.03 – $525.70
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $325.79 $194.03 – $539.67
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $433.26 $72.88 – $542.38
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $422.45 $91.62 – $566.47
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $444.82 $258.70 – $532.42
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $267.55 $267.55 – $2,305.00

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