Ventilator initial day 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

$757.78

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.

$3,188.00

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.

$200.86 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $3,095.86 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 $200.86 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $326.00 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Nexus $326.00 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $383.00 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Commercial $383.00 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Community Plan $589.46 ↓ -22%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $600.61 ↓ -21%
Aetna Better Health $645.57 ↓ -15%
Clover Medicare Advantage $722.50 ↓ -5%
Humana Medicare $722.50 ↓ -5%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $722.50 ↓ -5%
Aetna Medicare $722.50 ↓ -5%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $722.50 ↓ -5%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $722.50 ↓ -5%
United Healthcare Medicare $736.95 ↓ -3%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,264.38 ↑ +67%
Cigna Local Plus $1,405.27 ↑ +85%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,437.78 ↑ +90%
Cigna HMO $1,785.59 ↑ +136%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $1,817.16 ↑ +140%
Cigna PPO $1,880.60 ↑ +148%
First Health Commercial $1,912.80 ↑ +152%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $2,035.53 ↑ +169%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $2,335.21 ↑ +208%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $2,443.60 ↑ +222%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $2,448.38 ↑ +223%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $2,469.10 ↑ +226%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $2,493.97 ↑ +229%
Amerihealth Local Value $2,493.97 ↑ +229%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $2,610.97 ↑ +245%
Aetna PPO $2,677.92 ↑ +253%
Aetna HMO $2,677.92 ↑ +253%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $3,040.71 ↑ +301%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $3,095.86 ↑ +309%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $598.38 $45.27 – $1,445.00
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $721.51 $81.52 – $1,483.40
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Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $662.46 $58.58 – $1,549.31
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