Ghs optokenetic 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

$85.09

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.

$358.00

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.

$57.26 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $347.65 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 NJ Health $57.26 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Community Plan $66.19 ↓ -22%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $67.44 ↓ -21%
Aetna Better Health $72.49 ↓ -15%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $103.10 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare Nexus $103.10 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare Commercial $121.00 ↑ +42%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $121.00 ↑ +42%
Cigna Local Plus $157.80 ↑ +85%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $170.99 ↑ +101%
Clover Medicare Advantage $170.99 ↑ +101%
Aetna Medicare $170.99 ↑ +101%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $170.99 ↑ +101%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $170.99 ↑ +101%
Humana Medicare $170.99 ↑ +101%
United Healthcare Medicare $174.41 ↑ +105%
Cigna HMO $200.51 ↑ +136%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $204.06 ↑ +140%
Cigna PPO $211.18 ↑ +148%
First Health Commercial $214.80 ↑ +152%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $228.58 ↑ +169%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $262.23 ↑ +208%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $274.40 ↑ +222%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $274.94 ↑ +223%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $277.27 ↑ +226%
Amerihealth Local Value $280.06 ↑ +229%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $280.06 ↑ +229%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $293.20 ↑ +245%
Emblem Health Commercial $299.23 ↑ +252%
Aetna PPO $300.72 ↑ +253%
Aetna HMO $300.72 ↑ +253%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $340.27 ↑ +300%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $341.46 ↑ +301%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $347.65 ↑ +309%

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Ghs optokenetic at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $69.50 $23.24 – $351.08
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $99.25 $22.96 – $349.32
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $68.32 $9.28 – $351.08
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $78.33 $45.92 – $344.63
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $173.18 $173.18 – $465.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $184.26 $30.55 – $487.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $170.99 $29.45 – $499.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $173.33 $28.00 – $627.00

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