Upgrade pm system 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.

$25,136.00

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.

$950.93 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $42,145.00 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 $950.93 ↓ -78%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $3,266.00 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare Community Plan $4,647.64 ↑ +7%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $4,735.62 ↑ +9%
Aetna Better Health $5,090.04 ↑ +17%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $5,115.00 ↑ +18%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $8,505.00 ↑ +96%
United Healthcare Nexus $9,568.00 ↑ +120%
Aetna PPO $9,691.00 ↑ +123%
Aetna HMO $9,691.00 ↑ +123%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $10,006.00 ↑ +130%
Amerihealth Local Value $10,587.28 ↑ +143%
United Healthcare Commercial $11,257.00 ↑ +159%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $11,437.35 ↑ +163%
Clover Medicare Advantage $11,437.35 ↑ +163%
Humana Medicare $11,437.35 ↑ +163%
Aetna Medicare $11,437.35 ↑ +163%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $11,437.35 ↑ +163%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $11,437.35 ↑ +163%
United Healthcare Medicare $11,666.10 ↑ +168%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $12,708.76 ↑ +192%
First Health Commercial $15,081.60 ↑ +247%
Emblem Health Commercial $20,015.36 ↑ +360%
Cigna Local Plus $20,945.00 ↑ +381%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $21,036.00 ↑ +384%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $21,036.00 ↑ +384%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $21,868.32 ↑ +403%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $22,760.33 ↑ +423%
Cigna HMO $26,614.00 ↑ +512%
Cigna PPO $28,031.00 ↑ +544%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $34,118.00 ↑ +684%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $39,751.00 ↑ +814%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $41,710.00 ↑ +859%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $42,145.00 ↑ +869%

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Upgrade pm system at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $239.22 – $22,874.70
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $385.95 – $23,482.52
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $395.25 – $22,760.33
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $381.30 – $23,365.11
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $246.26 – $23,482.52
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $309.58 – $24,525.95
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $5,419.00 $762.60 – $23,051.48
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $11,583.66 $11,583.66 – $13,900.39

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