Passy muir valve metal trach 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

$38.36

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.

$161.38

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.

$29.83 with United Healthcare vs $288.53 with Wellcare — 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 $29.83 ↓ -22%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $30.40 ↓ -21%
Aetna Better Health $32.67 ↓ -15%
United Healthcare Nexus $64.55 ↑ +68%
United Healthcare Commercial $64.55 ↑ +68%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $64.55 ↑ +68%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $64.55 ↑ +68%
Amerihealth Local Value $64.55 ↑ +68%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $64.55 ↑ +68%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $64.55 ↑ +68%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $64.55 ↑ +68%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $64.55 ↑ +68%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $64.55 ↑ +68%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $64.55 ↑ +68%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $64.55 ↑ +68%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $64.55 ↑ +68%
Cigna PPO $64.55 ↑ +68%
Cigna HMO $64.55 ↑ +68%
Cigna Local Plus $64.55 ↑ +68%
Aetna HMO $74.23 ↑ +94%
Aetna PPO $74.23 ↑ +94%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $80.69 ↑ +110%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $80.69 ↑ +110%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $80.69 ↑ +110%
First Health Commercial $96.82 ↑ +152%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $144.99 ↑ +278%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $144.99 ↑ +278%
Clover Medicare Advantage $144.99 ↑ +278%
Aetna Medicare $144.99 ↑ +278%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $144.99 ↑ +278%
Humana Medicare $144.99 ↑ +278%
United Healthcare Medicare $147.89 ↑ +286%
Emblem Health Commercial $253.73 ↑ +561%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $288.53 ↑ +652%

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Passy muir valve metal trach at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $42.40 $88.91 – $288.53
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $34.19 $144.99 – $289.98
Community Medical Center Toms River $33.47 $144.99 – $288.53
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $32.09 $144.99 – $288.53
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $33.61 $91.53 – $288.53
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $33.53 $115.06 – $288.53
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $35.30 $144.99 – $288.53
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton Hamilton Township $37.03 $144.99 – $288.53

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