Magnesium 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

$7.37

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.

$104.00

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.

$3.15 with United Healthcare vs $100.99 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 $3.15 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Nexus $3.15 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $3.69 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Commercial $3.69 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Community Plan $5.63 ↓ -24%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $5.74 ↓ -22%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $6.70 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $6.70 ↓ -9%
Aetna Medicare $6.70 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $6.70 ↓ -9%
Clover Medicare Advantage $6.70 ↓ -9%
Humana Medicare $6.70 ↓ -9%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $6.70 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $6.70 ↓ -9%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $6.70 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $6.70 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Medicare $6.83 ↓ -7%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $7.38 ↑ +0%
Aetna PPO $8.24 ↑ +12%
Aetna HMO $8.24 ↑ +12%
Emblem Health Commercial $11.73 ↑ +59%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $13.33 ↑ +81%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $20.30 ↑ +175%
Amerihealth Local Value $20.30 ↑ +175%
Aetna Better Health $21.06 ↑ +186%
Cigna HMO $26.70 ↑ +262%
Cigna PPO $26.70 ↑ +262%
Cigna Local Plus $26.70 ↑ +262%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $59.28 ↑ +704%
First Health Commercial $62.40 ↑ +747%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $79.87 ↑ +984%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $85.17 ↑ +1056%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $99.19 ↑ +1246%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $100.99 ↑ +1270%

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Carrier Clinic Belle Mead $55.20 $20.01 – $20.01
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