Nerve conduction studies 1-2 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

$83.90

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$353.00

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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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$65.26 with United Healthcare vs $342.79 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

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
United Healthcare Community Plan $65.26 ↓ -22%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $66.50 ↓ -21%
Aetna Better Health $71.48 ↓ -15%
Cigna Local Plus $155.60 ↑ +85%
Clover Medicare Advantage $170.99 ↑ +104%
Humana Medicare $170.99 ↑ +104%
Aetna Medicare $170.99 ↑ +104%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $170.99 ↑ +104%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $170.99 ↑ +104%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $170.99 ↑ +104%
United Healthcare Medicare $174.41 ↑ +108%
Cigna HMO $197.71 ↑ +136%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $201.21 ↑ +140%
Cigna PPO $208.23 ↑ +148%
First Health Commercial $211.80 ↑ +152%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $218.94 ↑ +161%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $225.39 ↑ +169%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $258.57 ↑ +208%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $270.57 ↑ +222%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $271.10 ↑ +223%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $273.39 ↑ +226%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $276.15 ↑ +229%
Amerihealth Local Value $276.15 ↑ +229%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $289.10 ↑ +245%
Aetna HMO $296.52 ↑ +253%
Aetna PPO $296.52 ↑ +253%
Emblem Health Commercial $299.23 ↑ +257%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $336.69 ↑ +301%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $340.27 ↑ +306%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $342.79 ↑ +309%

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Nerve conduction studies 1-2 at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $67.59 $88.86 – $351.08
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $73.35 $59.95 – $366.68
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $173.18 $173.18 – $978.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $184.26 $147.41 – $4,692.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $170.99 $104.00 – $872.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $173.33 $104.00 – $4,008.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $173.18 $151.40 – $1,032.00
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $184.26 $105.45 – $1,301.00

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