Gi trc img intral esophagus 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

$904.21

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.

$3,804.00

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.

$703.35 with United Healthcare vs $4,523.00 with United Healthcare — 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
United Healthcare Community Plan $703.35 ↓ -22%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $716.67 ↓ -21%
Aetna Better Health $770.31 ↓ -15%
Clover Medicare Advantage $1,024.64 ↑ +13%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $1,024.64 ↑ +13%
Humana Medicare $1,024.64 ↑ +13%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $1,024.64 ↑ +13%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $1,024.64 ↑ +13%
Aetna Medicare $1,024.64 ↑ +13%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,045.13 ↑ +16%
Cigna Local Plus $1,676.80 ↑ +85%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,793.12 ↑ +98%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $1,883.04 ↑ +108%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $2,039.03 ↑ +126%
Cigna HMO $2,130.62 ↑ +136%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $2,168.28 ↑ +140%
Cigna PPO $2,243.97 ↑ +148%
First Health Commercial $2,282.40 ↑ +152%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $2,428.85 ↑ +169%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $2,786.43 ↑ +208%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $2,915.76 ↑ +222%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $2,921.47 ↑ +223%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $2,946.19 ↑ +226%
Amerihealth Local Value $2,975.86 ↑ +229%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $2,975.86 ↑ +229%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $3,115.47 ↑ +245%
Aetna HMO $3,195.36 ↑ +253%
Aetna PPO $3,195.36 ↑ +253%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $3,417.00 ↑ +278%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $3,628.25 ↑ +301%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $3,694.06 ↑ +309%
United Healthcare Nexus $3,845.00 ↑ +325%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $4,020.00 ↑ +345%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,523.00 ↑ +400%

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