Esophagus motility study at Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus
600 River Ave, Lakewood, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1225133473
$707.39
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.
$2,976.00
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.
$550.26 with United Healthcare vs $4,961.17 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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| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $550.26 | ↓ -22% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $560.67 | ↓ -21% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $579.88 | ↓ -18% |
| Clover | Medicare Advantage | $579.88 | ↓ -18% |
| Humana | Medicare | $579.88 | ↓ -18% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $579.88 | ↓ -18% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $579.88 | ↓ -18% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $579.88 | ↓ -18% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $591.48 | ↓ -16% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $602.64 | ↓ -15% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $1,014.79 | ↑ +43% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $1,153.96 | ↑ +63% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $1,311.82 | ↑ +85% |
| Cigna | HMO | $1,666.85 | ↑ +136% |
| Wellpoint | NJ Family Care | $1,696.32 | ↑ +140% |
| Cigna | PPO | $1,755.54 | ↑ +148% |
| First Health | Commercial | $1,785.60 | ↑ +152% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $1,900.17 | ↑ +169% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $2,179.92 | ↑ +208% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $2,281.10 | ↑ +222% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | $2,285.56 | ↑ +223% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $2,304.91 | ↑ +226% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $2,328.12 | ↑ +229% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $2,328.12 | ↑ +229% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO/WC | $2,437.34 | ↑ +245% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $2,445.00 | ↑ +246% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $2,751.00 | ↑ +289% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $2,838.50 | ↑ +301% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $2,877.00 | ↑ +307% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $2,889.99 | ↑ +309% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $3,236.00 | ↑ +357% |
| Aetna | HMO | $4,540.00 | ↑ +542% |
| Aetna | PPO | $4,540.00 | ↑ +542% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $4,961.17 | ↑ +601% |
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Esophagus motility study at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $558.59 | $114.98 – $1,159.76 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $773.85 | $595.29 – $1,190.58 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $617.22 | $579.88 – $1,153.96 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $465.82 | $595.29 – $1,184.63 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $760.71 | $118.37 – $1,190.58 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $618.41 | $148.80 – $1,243.49 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch | $651.14 | $587.30 – $1,168.73 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $587.30 | $587.30 – $704.76 |