Mayo alcohol biomarkers definitive assay 1 or 2 phosphatidylethanol confirmation 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

$19.72

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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.

$83.00

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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.

$16.80 with Aetna vs $80.60 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 Better Health $16.80 ↓ -15%
United Healthcare Community Plan $17.49 ↓ -11%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $17.83 ↓ -10%
Cigna Local Plus $36.58 ↑ +85%
Cigna HMO $46.48 ↑ +136%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $47.31 ↑ +140%
Cigna PPO $48.96 ↑ +148%
First Health Commercial $49.80 ↑ +153%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $52.99 ↑ +169%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $60.79 ↑ +208%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $63.61 ↑ +223%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $63.74 ↑ +223%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $64.28 ↑ +226%
Amerihealth Local Value $64.93 ↑ +229%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $64.93 ↑ +229%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $67.97 ↑ +245%
Aetna PPO $69.72 ↑ +254%
Aetna HMO $69.72 ↑ +254%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $79.16 ↑ +301%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $80.60 ↑ +309%

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Mayo alcohol biomarkers definitive assay 1 or 2 phosphatidylethanol confirmation at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $15.57 $16.39 – $17.49
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $22.46 $17.49 – $17.83
Community Medical Center Toms River $17.21 $17.49 – $17.83
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $57.08 $17.49 – $17.83
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $22.07 $17.49 – $19.99
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $17.24 $17.49 – $17.83
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $18.16 $17.49 – $17.83
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton Hamilton Township $47.03 $17.49 – $17.99

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