Part removal of metatarsal 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

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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.

$5,336.00

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.

$789.45 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $7,056.48 with Wellcare — 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
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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 $789.45 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Community Plan $986.62 ↓ -77%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $1,005.30 ↓ -77%
Aetna Better Health $1,080.54 ↓ -75%
Amerihealth Local Value $2,247.52 ↓ -48%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $2,697.88 ↓ -38%
First Health Commercial $3,201.60 ↓ -26%
Cigna Local Plus $3,205.00 ↓ -26%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $3,266.00 ↓ -25%
Clover Medicare Advantage $3,545.97 ↓ -18%
Humana Medicare $3,545.97 ↓ -18%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $3,545.97 ↓ -18%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $3,545.97 ↓ -18%
Aetna Medicare $3,545.97 ↓ -18%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $3,545.97 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,616.89 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $3,811.00 ↓ -12%
Cigna HMO $4,073.00 ↓ -6%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $4,148.00 ↓ -5%
United Healthcare Nexus $4,288.00 ↓ -1%
Cigna PPO $4,290.00 ↓ -1%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $4,484.00 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial $5,045.00 ↑ +16%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $5,089.47 ↑ +17%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $5,181.78 ↑ +19%
Emblem Health Commercial $6,205.45 ↑ +43%
Aetna PPO $6,257.00 ↑ +44%
Aetna HMO $6,257.00 ↑ +44%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $7,056.48 ↑ +62%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan not published by hospital
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC not published by hospital
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed not published by hospital
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed not published by hospital
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia not published by hospital

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Part removal of metatarsal at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $301.56 – $7,091.94
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $320.41 – $7,280.38
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $328.13 – $7,056.48
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $316.55 – $7,243.98
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $310.43 – $7,280.38
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $347.44 – $7,603.89
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $633.11 – $7,146.75
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $3,591.33 $3,591.33 – $4,309.59

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