X-ray abdomen 2 views 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

$124.55

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.

$524.00

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.

$32.67 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $508.85 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 $32.67 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $47.55 ↓ -62%
Amerihealth Local Value $47.55 ↓ -62%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $60.18 ↓ -52%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $60.18 ↓ -52%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $60.18 ↓ -52%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $60.18 ↓ -52%
Aetna PPO $68.61 ↓ -45%
Aetna HMO $68.61 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Community Plan $96.88 ↓ -22%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $98.72 ↓ -21%
Aetna Better Health $106.11 ↓ -15%
Humana Medicare $116.22 ↓ -7%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $116.22 ↓ -7%
Aetna Medicare $116.22 ↓ -7%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $116.22 ↓ -7%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $116.22 ↓ -7%
Clover Medicare Advantage $116.22 ↓ -7%
United Healthcare Medicare $118.54 ↓ -5%
Cigna HMO $135.27 ↑ +9%
Cigna PPO $135.27 ↑ +9%
Cigna Local Plus $135.27 ↑ +9%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $143.22 ↑ +15%
United Healthcare Nexus $143.22 ↑ +15%
United Healthcare Commercial $177.09 ↑ +42%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $177.09 ↑ +42%
Emblem Health Commercial $203.39 ↑ +63%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $231.28 ↑ +86%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $298.68 ↑ +140%
First Health Commercial $314.40 ↑ +152%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $402.43 ↑ +223%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $429.15 ↑ +245%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $499.79 ↑ +301%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $508.85 ↑ +309%

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X-ray abdomen 2 views at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Carrier Clinic Belle Mead $235.60 $85.41 – $85.41
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $98.35 $19.05 – $232.44
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $104.25 $32.67 – $238.62
Community Medical Center Toms River $108.67 $32.67 – $231.28
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $106.80 $32.67 – $237.43
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $102.48 $19.61 – $238.62
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $108.88 $24.66 – $249.21
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $114.65 $32.67 – $234.22

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