Visual audiometry (vra) 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

$141.90

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.

$597.00

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.

$110.38 with United Healthcare vs $579.74 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 $110.38 ↓ -22%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $112.47 ↓ -21%
Aetna Better Health $120.89 ↓ -15%
Humana Medicare $170.99 ↑ +21%
Clover Medicare Advantage $170.99 ↑ +21%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $170.99 ↑ +21%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $170.99 ↑ +21%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $170.99 ↑ +21%
Aetna Medicare $170.99 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare Medicare $174.41 ↑ +23%
Cigna Local Plus $263.15 ↑ +85%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $282.00 ↑ +99%
United Healthcare Nexus $282.00 ↑ +99%
Emblem Health Commercial $299.23 ↑ +111%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $332.00 ↑ +134%
United Healthcare Commercial $332.00 ↑ +134%
Cigna HMO $334.37 ↑ +136%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $340.27 ↑ +140%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $340.29 ↑ +140%
Cigna PPO $352.17 ↑ +148%
First Health Commercial $358.20 ↑ +152%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $381.18 ↑ +169%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $433.54 ↑ +206%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $437.30 ↑ +208%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $457.60 ↑ +222%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $458.49 ↑ +223%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $462.37 ↑ +226%
Amerihealth Local Value $467.03 ↑ +229%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $467.03 ↑ +229%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $488.94 ↑ +245%
Aetna PPO $501.48 ↑ +253%
Aetna HMO $501.48 ↑ +253%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $569.41 ↑ +301%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $579.74 ↑ +309%

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Visual audiometry (vra) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $126.50 $175.54 – $351.08
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $255.50 $231.08 – $394.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $124.35 $175.54 – $351.08
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $124.05 $184.26 – $366.68
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $130.62 $173.18 – $344.63
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $173.18 $173.18 – $465.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $184.26 $62.16 – $487.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $170.99 $60.14 – $499.00

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