Pq kyphplsty 1 bdy lumb w/img 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.

$17,839.00

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.

$3,266.00 with Wellpoint vs $17,837.59 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
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $3,266.00 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare Community Plan $3,298.43 ↓ -24%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $3,360.86 ↓ -23%
Aetna Better Health $3,612.39 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $7,099.00 ↑ +63%
Amerihealth Local Value $7,513.78 ↑ +73%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $7,807.24 ↑ +79%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $7,807.24 ↑ +79%
Humana Medicare $7,807.24 ↑ +79%
Aetna Medicare $7,807.24 ↑ +79%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $7,807.24 ↑ +79%
Clover Medicare Advantage $7,807.24 ↑ +79%
Cigna Local Plus $7,863.43 ↑ +81%
United Healthcare Medicare $7,963.38 ↑ +83%
Aetna HMO $7,975.00 ↑ +83%
Aetna PPO $7,975.00 ↑ +83%
United Healthcare Nexus $7,987.00 ↑ +84%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $8,352.00 ↑ +92%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $9,019.39 ↑ +107%
United Healthcare Commercial $9,396.00 ↑ +116%
Cigna HMO $9,991.62 ↑ +130%
Cigna PPO $10,523.22 ↑ +142%
First Health Commercial $10,703.40 ↑ +146%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $11,390.20 ↑ +162%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $13,067.06 ↑ +200%
Emblem Health Commercial $13,662.67 ↑ +214%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $13,673.59 ↑ +214%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $13,700.35 ↑ +215%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $13,816.30 ↑ +218%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $14,610.14 ↑ +236%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $15,536.41 ↑ +257%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $17,014.83 ↑ +291%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $17,323.45 ↑ +298%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $17,837.59 ↑ +310%

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Pq kyphplsty 1 bdy lumb w/img at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $1,978.15 – $15,614.48
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $7,239.71 – $16,029.38
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $7,414.16 – $15,536.41
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $7,152.48 – $15,949.23
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $3,017.26 – $16,029.38
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $3,793.13 – $16,741.65
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $7,907.11 – $15,735.15
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $7,907.11 $7,907.11 – $9,488.53

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