Enzyme histochemistry 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

$251.72

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.

$1,059.00

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.

$16.07 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $1,776.61 with Wellcare — 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 $16.07 ↓ -94%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $65.74 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth Local Value $65.74 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Community Plan $117.57 ↓ -53%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $119.81 ↓ -52%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $127.32 ↓ -49%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $127.32 ↓ -49%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $127.32 ↓ -49%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $127.32 ↓ -49%
Aetna PPO $177.26 ↓ -30%
Aetna HMO $177.26 ↓ -30%
Aetna Better Health $214.44 ↓ -15%
United Healthcare Commercial $345.51 ↑ +37%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $345.51 ↑ +37%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $364.96 ↑ +45%
United Healthcare Nexus $364.96 ↑ +45%
Cigna PPO $442.98 ↑ +76%
Cigna HMO $442.98 ↑ +76%
Cigna Local Plus $442.98 ↑ +76%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $603.63 ↑ +140%
First Health Commercial $635.40 ↑ +152%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $813.31 ↑ +223%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $867.32 ↑ +245%
Clover Medicare Advantage $892.77 ↑ +255%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $892.77 ↑ +255%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $892.77 ↑ +255%
Aetna Medicare $892.77 ↑ +255%
Humana Medicare $892.77 ↑ +255%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $892.77 ↑ +255%
United Healthcare Medicare $910.63 ↑ +262%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,010.07 ↑ +301%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,028.39 ↑ +309%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,562.35 ↑ +521%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,776.61 ↑ +606%

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Enzyme histochemistry at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $198.77 $14.19 – $1,785.54
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $224.40 $16.07 – $1,833.00
Community Medical Center Toms River $219.63 $16.07 – $1,776.61
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $210.63 $16.07 – $1,823.84
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $220.58 $16.07 – $1,833.00
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $220.06 $16.07 – $1,914.44
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $231.70 $16.07 – $1,799.34
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $904.19 $230.40 – $1,346.75

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