Place device/marker, non pro 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

$1,460.66

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.

$6,145.00

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.

$435.83 with United Healthcare 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
United Healthcare Community Plan $435.83 ↓ -70%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $444.08 ↓ -70%
Aetna Better Health $477.32 ↓ -67%
First Health Commercial $1,414.28 ↓ -3%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $1,495.34 ↑ +2%
Aetna Medicare $1,495.34 ↑ +2%
Clover Medicare Advantage $1,495.34 ↑ +2%
Humana Medicare $1,495.34 ↑ +2%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $1,495.34 ↑ +2%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $1,495.34 ↑ +2%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,505.03 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,525.25 ↑ +4%
Cigna Local Plus $1,572.00 ↑ +8%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $1,726.60 ↑ +18%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $1,806.74 ↑ +24%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $1,810.28 ↑ +24%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $1,825.60 ↑ +25%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $1,843.99 ↑ +26%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,843.99 ↑ +26%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $1,930.49 ↑ +32%
Cigna HMO $1,997.00 ↑ +37%
Cigna PPO $2,103.00 ↑ +44%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $2,248.24 ↑ +54%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $2,289.01 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,568.00 ↑ +76%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,568.00 ↑ +76%
Emblem Health Commercial $2,616.85 ↑ +79%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $2,975.73 ↑ +104%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $3,021.00 ↑ +107%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,021.00 ↑ +107%
Aetna PPO $4,540.00 ↑ +211%
Aetna HMO $4,540.00 ↑ +211%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care not published by hospital

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Place device/marker, non pro at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $619.41 $409.21 – $2,990.68
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $499.47 $1,535.08 – $3,070.16
Community Medical Center Toms River $1,274.47 $1,495.34 – $2,975.73
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $468.83 $1,440.00 – $3,054.81
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $490.99 $1,535.08 – $3,070.16
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $489.81 $1,566.00 – $3,206.59
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $515.74 $1,514.47 – $3,013.80
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $1,514.47 $1,514.47 – $1,817.37

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