Lung perfusion imaging 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

$420.49

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.

$1,769.00

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.

$137.24 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $1,717.87 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 $137.24 ↓ -67%
Amerihealth Local Value $230.76 ↓ -45%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $230.76 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Community Plan $327.08 ↓ -22%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $333.27 ↓ -21%
Aetna Better Health $358.22 ↓ -15%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $395.10 ↓ -6%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $395.10 ↓ -6%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $395.10 ↓ -6%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $395.10 ↓ -6%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $439.15 ↑ +4%
Clover Medicare Advantage $439.15 ↑ +4%
Humana Medicare $439.15 ↑ +4%
Aetna Medicare $439.15 ↑ +4%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $439.15 ↑ +4%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $439.15 ↑ +4%
United Healthcare Medicare $447.93 ↑ +7%
Aetna PPO $471.61 ↑ +12%
Aetna HMO $471.61 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Nexus $520.83 ↑ +24%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $520.83 ↑ +24%
United Healthcare Commercial $581.65 ↑ +38%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $581.65 ↑ +38%
Emblem Health Commercial $768.51 ↑ +83%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $828.00 ↑ +97%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $828.00 ↑ +97%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $873.91 ↑ +108%
Cigna Local Plus $951.00 ↑ +126%
Cigna HMO $951.00 ↑ +126%
Cigna PPO $951.00 ↑ +126%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $1,008.33 ↑ +140%
First Health Commercial $1,061.40 ↑ +152%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,687.27 ↑ +301%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,717.87 ↑ +309%

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Lung perfusion imaging at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $332.04 $113.25 – $951.00
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $402.61 $137.24 – $951.00
Community Medical Center Toms River $366.89 $137.24 – $951.00
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $334.74 $137.24 – $951.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $395.77 $116.58 – $951.00
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $367.59 $137.24 – $951.00
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $387.05 $137.24 – $951.00
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $444.77 $256.91 – $1,021.05

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