Thyroid Ultrasound 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

$264.79

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.

$1,114.00

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.

$67.14 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $1,081.80 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 $67.14 ↓ -75%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $114.68 ↓ -57%
Amerihealth Local Value $114.68 ↓ -57%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $116.22 ↓ -56%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $116.22 ↓ -56%
Aetna Medicare $116.22 ↓ -56%
Clover Medicare Advantage $116.22 ↓ -56%
Humana Medicare $116.22 ↓ -56%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $116.22 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Medicare $118.54 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Nexus $143.22 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $143.22 ↓ -46%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $155.00 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $177.09 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Commercial $177.09 ↓ -33%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $199.32 ↓ -25%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $199.32 ↓ -25%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $199.32 ↓ -25%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $199.32 ↓ -25%
Emblem Health Commercial $203.39 ↓ -23%
United Healthcare Community Plan $205.97 ↓ -22%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $209.87 ↓ -21%
Aetna PPO $218.20 ↓ -18%
Aetna HMO $218.20 ↓ -18%
Aetna Better Health $225.58 ↓ -15%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $231.28 ↓ -13%
Cigna HMO $437.49 ↑ +65%
Cigna PPO $437.49 ↑ +65%
Cigna Local Plus $437.49 ↑ +65%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $634.98 ↑ +140%
First Health Commercial $668.40 ↑ +152%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $912.36 ↑ +245%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,062.53 ↑ +301%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,081.80 ↑ +309%

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Thyroid Ultrasound at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $209.09 $57.49 – $437.49
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $235.42 $67.14 – $437.49
Community Medical Center Toms River $231.04 $67.14 – $437.49
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $270.50 $67.14 – $437.49
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $231.42 $59.18 – $437.49
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $231.48 $67.14 – $437.49
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $243.74 $67.14 – $437.49
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $117.70 $106.67 – $322.11

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