Infectious agent nucleic acid amp probe mycobacterium tuberculosis rifampin resistance 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

$54.90

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.

$231.00

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.

$36.08 with United Healthcare vs $224.32 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 Oxford Metro $36.08 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare Nexus $36.08 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $42.22 ↓ -23%
United Healthcare Commercial $42.22 ↓ -23%
United Healthcare Community Plan $42.71 ↓ -22%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $43.52 ↓ -21%
Aetna Better Health $46.77 ↓ -15%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $50.36 ↓ -8%
Amerihealth Local Value $59.37 ↑ +8%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $59.37 ↑ +8%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $76.77 ↑ +40%
Humana Medicare $76.77 ↑ +40%
Aetna Medicare $76.77 ↑ +40%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $76.77 ↑ +40%
Clover Medicare Advantage $76.77 ↑ +40%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $76.77 ↑ +40%
United Healthcare Medicare $78.31 ↑ +43%
Aetna HMO $94.43 ↑ +72%
Aetna PPO $94.43 ↑ +72%
Cigna Local Plus $101.82 ↑ +85%
Cigna HMO $129.38 ↑ +136%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $131.67 ↑ +140%
Emblem Health Commercial $134.35 ↑ +145%
Cigna PPO $136.26 ↑ +148%
First Health Commercial $138.60 ↑ +152%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $147.49 ↑ +169%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $152.77 ↑ +178%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $169.20 ↑ +208%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $177.06 ↑ +223%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $177.40 ↑ +223%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $178.90 ↑ +226%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $189.18 ↑ +245%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $220.32 ↑ +301%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $224.32 ↑ +309%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amp probe mycobacterium tuberculosis rifampin resistance at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $43.35 $36.08 – $153.54
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $37.71 $36.08 – $153.54
Community Medical Center Toms River $47.90 $36.08 – $152.77
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $42.56 $36.08 – $152.77
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $37.07 $36.08 – $153.54
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $48.00 $36.08 – $152.77
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $50.54 $36.08 – $152.77
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $76.77 $76.77 – $92.12

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