Nerve conduction studies 11-12 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

$669.12

Cash price

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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.

$2,815.00

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.

$520.49 with United Healthcare vs $2,733.64 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 $520.49 ↓ -22%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $530.34 ↓ -21%
Aetna Better Health $570.03 ↓ -15%
Clover Medicare Advantage $579.88 ↓ -13%
Humana Medicare $579.88 ↓ -13%
Aetna Medicare $579.88 ↓ -13%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $579.88 ↓ -13%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $579.88 ↓ -13%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $579.88 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare Medicare $591.48 ↓ -12%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $601.52 ↓ -10%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,014.79 ↑ +52%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,153.96 ↑ +72%
Cigna Local Plus $1,240.85 ↑ +85%
Cigna HMO $1,576.68 ↑ +136%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $1,604.55 ↑ +140%
Cigna PPO $1,660.56 ↑ +148%
First Health Commercial $1,689.00 ↑ +152%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,797.37 ↑ +169%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $2,061.98 ↑ +208%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $2,157.69 ↑ +222%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $2,161.92 ↑ +223%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $2,180.21 ↑ +226%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $2,202.17 ↑ +229%
Amerihealth Local Value $2,202.17 ↑ +229%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $2,305.48 ↑ +245%
Aetna PPO $2,364.60 ↑ +253%
Aetna HMO $2,364.60 ↑ +253%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $2,684.94 ↑ +301%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $2,733.64 ↑ +309%

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Nerve conduction studies 11-12 at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $631.67 $244.14 – $1,190.58
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $584.95 $163.98 – $1,243.49
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $587.30 $485.00 – $978.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $624.87 $431.81 – $4,692.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $579.88 $104.00 – $872.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $587.81 $104.00 – $4,008.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $587.30 $414.08 – $1,032.00
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $624.87 $289.73 – $1,301.00

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