Implant 11 volt lithium-ion backup battery for controller pocket 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

$2,566.07

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.

$10,795.45

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.

$716.65 with Aetna vs $10,483.46 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
Aetna PPO $716.65 ↓ -72%
Aetna HMO $716.65 ↓ -72%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $1,006.41 ↓ -61%
Clover Medicare Advantage $1,006.41 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare $1,006.41 ↓ -61%
Humana Medicare $1,006.41 ↓ -61%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $1,006.41 ↓ -61%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $1,006.41 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,026.54 ↓ -60%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,761.22 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare Community Plan $1,996.07 ↓ -22%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $2,002.76 ↓ -22%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $2,033.86 ↓ -21%
Aetna Better Health $2,186.07 ↓ -15%
United Healthcare Nexus $3,109.08 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $3,109.08 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $3,648.86 ↑ +42%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,648.86 ↑ +42%
Cigna Local Plus $4,758.63 ↑ +85%
Cigna HMO $6,046.53 ↑ +136%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $6,153.40 ↑ +140%
Cigna PPO $6,368.23 ↑ +148%
First Health Commercial $6,477.27 ↑ +152%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $6,892.89 ↑ +169%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $7,907.66 ↑ +208%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $8,274.71 ↑ +222%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $8,290.90 ↑ +223%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $8,361.07 ↑ +226%
Amerihealth Local Value $8,445.28 ↑ +229%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $8,445.28 ↑ +229%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $8,841.47 ↑ +245%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $10,296.70 ↑ +301%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $10,483.46 ↑ +309%

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Implant 11 volt lithium-ion backup battery for controller pocket at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $2,836.83 $1,006.41 – $2,012.82
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $2,287.55 $716.65 – $2,012.82
Community Medical Center Toms River $2,238.97 $699.17 – $2,002.76
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $2,147.21 $716.65 – $2,002.76
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $2,248.69 $716.65 – $2,012.82
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $2,243.29 $699.17 – $2,002.76
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $2,362.04 $716.65 – $2,002.76
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton Hamilton Township $2,477.12 $699.17 – $2,002.76

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