Mayo alkaloids definitive assay nicotine/cotinine 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

$52.53

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.

$221.00

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.

$18.50 with United Healthcare vs $214.61 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 Community Plan $18.50 ↓ -65%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $18.85 ↓ -64%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $28.40 ↓ -46%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $28.40 ↓ -46%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $28.40 ↓ -46%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $28.40 ↓ -46%
Aetna Better Health $44.75 ↓ -15%
Cigna Local Plus $97.41 ↑ +85%
Cigna HMO $123.78 ↑ +136%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $125.97 ↑ +140%
Cigna PPO $130.36 ↑ +148%
First Health Commercial $132.60 ↑ +152%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $169.72 ↑ +223%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $172.88 ↑ +229%
Amerihealth Local Value $172.88 ↑ +229%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $180.99 ↑ +245%
Aetna PPO $185.64 ↑ +253%
Aetna HMO $185.64 ↑ +253%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $210.78 ↑ +301%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $214.61 ↑ +309%

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Mayo alkaloids definitive assay nicotine/cotinine at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $41.48 $18.50 – $29.27
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $56.15 $18.50 – $28.40
Community Medical Center Toms River $45.83 $18.50 – $28.40
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $58.87 $18.50 – $28.40
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $55.19 $18.50 – $28.40
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $45.92 $18.50 – $28.40
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $48.35 $18.50 – $28.40
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton Hamilton Township $48.51 $18.50 – $19.03

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