Sweat collection by iontophoresis 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

$82.48

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.

$347.00

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.

$2.59 with United Healthcare vs $336.97 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
United Healthcare Community Plan $2.59 ↓ -97%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $2.64 ↓ -97%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $3.41 ↓ -96%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $3.41 ↓ -96%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $3.41 ↓ -96%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $3.41 ↓ -96%
Aetna HMO $3.95 ↓ -95%
Aetna PPO $3.95 ↓ -95%
Cigna Local Plus $11.86 ↓ -86%
Cigna PPO $11.86 ↓ -86%
Cigna HMO $11.86 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Nexus $23.57 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $23.57 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Commercial $27.21 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $27.21 ↓ -67%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $46.59 ↓ -44%
Amerihealth Local Value $46.59 ↓ -44%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $48.94 ↓ -41%
Clover Medicare Advantage $58.39 ↓ -29%
Humana Medicare $58.39 ↓ -29%
Aetna Medicare $58.39 ↓ -29%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $58.39 ↓ -29%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $58.39 ↓ -29%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $58.39 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Medicare $59.56 ↓ -28%
Aetna Better Health $70.26 ↓ -15%
Emblem Health Commercial $102.18 ↑ +24%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $116.20 ↑ +41%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $197.79 ↑ +140%
First Health Commercial $208.20 ↑ +152%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $266.49 ↑ +223%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $284.19 ↑ +245%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $330.96 ↑ +301%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $336.97 ↑ +309%

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Sweat collection by iontophoresis at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $77.97 $2.59 – $119.88
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $38.38 $2.59 – $119.28
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $115.00 $2.47 – $2.54
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $76.65 $2.59 – $119.88
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $75.92 $2.59 – $117.69
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $59.14 $9.06 – $102.13
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $62.92 $5.84 – $66.07
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $58.39 $2.33 – $58.39

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