MRI w/cont, breast, bi 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

$865.94

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.

$3,643.00

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.

$326.00 with Cigna vs $3,537.71 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
Cigna Local Plus $326.00 ↓ -62%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $390.30 ↓ -55%
Humana Medicare $390.30 ↓ -55%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $390.30 ↓ -55%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $390.30 ↓ -55%
Clover Medicare Advantage $390.30 ↓ -55%
Aetna Medicare $390.30 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Medicare $398.11 ↓ -54%
Cigna HMO $414.00 ↓ -52%
Cigna PPO $436.00 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Nexus $493.70 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $493.70 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare Commercial $603.32 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $603.32 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Community Plan $673.59 ↓ -22%
Emblem Health Commercial $683.03 ↓ -21%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $686.34 ↓ -21%
Aetna Better Health $737.70 ↓ -15%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $776.70 ↓ -10%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $1,307.63 ↑ +51%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,307.63 ↑ +51%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $1,700.52 ↑ +96%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $1,700.52 ↑ +96%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,700.52 ↑ +96%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $1,700.52 ↑ +96%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $2,072.00 ↑ +139%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $2,076.51 ↑ +140%
First Health Commercial $2,185.80 ↑ +152%
Aetna HMO $3,060.12 ↑ +253%
Aetna PPO $3,060.12 ↑ +253%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $3,317.00 ↑ +283%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $3,474.69 ↑ +301%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $3,537.71 ↑ +309%

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MRI w/cont, breast, bi at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $683.79 $390.30 – $1,764.20
Community Medical Center Toms River $755.55 $326.00 – $2,072.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $1,024.00 $326.00 – $2,072.00
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $757.01 $326.00 – $2,010.00
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $797.08 $326.00 – $2,072.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $395.64 $357.13 – $1,663.04
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $395.29 $395.29 – $1,827.68
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $420.58 $420.58 – $1,859.79

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