Quant diff pulm perf w/imaging 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

$374.37

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.

$1,575.00

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.

$143.50 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $1,529.48 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
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $143.50 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare Community Plan $291.21 ↓ -22%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $296.73 ↓ -21%
Aetna Better Health $318.93 ↓ -15%
Aetna PPO $390.67 ↑ +4%
Aetna HMO $390.67 ↑ +4%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $395.10 ↑ +6%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $395.10 ↑ +6%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $395.10 ↑ +6%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $395.10 ↑ +6%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $439.15 ↑ +17%
Aetna Medicare $439.15 ↑ +17%
Clover Medicare Advantage $439.15 ↑ +17%
Humana Medicare $439.15 ↑ +17%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $439.15 ↑ +17%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $439.15 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Medicare $447.93 ↑ +20%
Amerihealth Local Value $476.90 ↑ +27%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $476.90 ↑ +27%
United Healthcare Nexus $520.83 ↑ +39%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $520.83 ↑ +39%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $581.65 ↑ +55%
United Healthcare Commercial $581.65 ↑ +55%
Emblem Health Commercial $768.51 ↑ +105%
Cigna HMO $784.46 ↑ +110%
Cigna PPO $784.46 ↑ +110%
Cigna Local Plus $784.46 ↑ +110%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $828.00 ↑ +121%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $828.00 ↑ +121%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $873.91 ↑ +133%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $897.75 ↑ +140%
First Health Commercial $945.00 ↑ +152%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,502.23 ↑ +301%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,529.48 ↑ +309%

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Quant diff pulm perf w/imaging at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $295.62 $95.89 – $878.30
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $501.35 $143.50 – $901.64
Community Medical Center Toms River $326.65 $143.50 – $873.91
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $261.75 $143.50 – $897.13
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $492.83 $98.71 – $901.64
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $327.28 $124.09 – $941.71
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $344.61 $143.50 – $885.09
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $444.77 $302.35 – $1,021.05

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