Njx interlaminar lmbr/sac 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

$4,350.00

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.

$2,253.00

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.

$166.64 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $4,540.00 with Aetna — 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
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $166.64 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Community Plan $416.57 ↓ -90%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $424.46 ↓ -90%
Aetna Better Health $456.23 ↓ -90%
Amerihealth Local Value $948.96 ↓ -78%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $972.98 ↓ -78%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $972.98 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare $972.98 ↓ -78%
Clover Medicare Advantage $972.98 ↓ -78%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $972.98 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare $972.98 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Medicare $992.44 ↓ -77%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $1,139.11 ↓ -74%
First Health Commercial $1,351.80 ↓ -69%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,438.54 ↓ -67%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $1,601.88 ↓ -63%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $1,650.32 ↓ -62%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,702.72 ↓ -61%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $1,726.92 ↓ -60%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $1,744.94 ↓ -60%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,936.23 ↓ -55%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $1,960.11 ↓ -55%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $2,148.91 ↓ -51%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $2,187.88 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,494.00 ↓ -43%
Cigna Local Plus $2,766.00 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,806.00 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,934.00 ↓ -33%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $3,266.00 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,301.00 ↓ -24%
Cigna HMO $3,514.00 ↓ -19%
Cigna PPO $3,701.00 ↓ -15%
Aetna PPO $4,540.00 ↑ +4%
Aetna HMO $4,540.00 ↑ +4%

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Njx interlaminar lmbr/sac at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $141.66 – $1,945.96
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $166.64 – $1,997.66
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $166.64 – $1,936.23
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $166.64 – $1,987.67
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $145.82 – $1,997.66
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $166.64 – $2,086.44
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $166.64 – $1,961.01
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $985.43 $985.43 – $1,182.51

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