Group health education 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

$67.26

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.

$283.00

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.

$52.32 with United Healthcare vs $274.82 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
United Healthcare Community Plan $52.32 ↓ -22%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $53.31 ↓ -21%
Aetna Better Health $57.30 ↓ -15%
Cigna Local Plus $124.74 ↑ +85%
Cigna HMO $158.50 ↑ +136%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $161.31 ↑ +140%
Cigna PPO $166.94 ↑ +148%
First Health Commercial $169.80 ↑ +152%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $180.69 ↑ +169%
United Healthcare Nexus $197.00 ↑ +193%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $197.00 ↑ +193%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $207.29 ↑ +208%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $216.91 ↑ +222%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $217.34 ↑ +223%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $219.18 ↑ +226%
Amerihealth Local Value $221.39 ↑ +229%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $221.39 ↑ +229%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $231.77 ↑ +245%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $232.00 ↑ +245%
United Healthcare Commercial $232.00 ↑ +245%
Aetna HMO $237.72 ↑ +253%
Aetna PPO $237.72 ↑ +253%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $269.92 ↑ +301%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $274.82 ↑ +309%

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Group health education at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $61.92 $197.00 – $197.00
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth not published $197.00 – $197.00
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston not published $197.00 – $197.00
Community Medical Center Toms River not published $197.00 – $197.00
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville not published $197.00 – $197.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark not published $197.00 – $197.00
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City not published $197.00 – $197.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack not published $270.36 – $270.36

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