X-ray abdomen complete acute series including spine erect and/or decubitus single view chest 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

$179.93

Cash price

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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.

$757.00

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.

$45.10 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $735.12 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 $45.10 ↓ -75%
Amerihealth Local Value $61.54 ↓ -66%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $61.54 ↓ -66%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $74.36 ↓ -59%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $74.36 ↓ -59%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $74.36 ↓ -59%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $74.36 ↓ -59%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $80.00 ↓ -56%
Aetna PPO $91.49 ↓ -49%
Aetna HMO $91.49 ↓ -49%
Humana Medicare $116.22 ↓ -35%
Aetna Medicare $116.22 ↓ -35%
Clover Medicare Advantage $116.22 ↓ -35%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $116.22 ↓ -35%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $116.22 ↓ -35%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $116.22 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Medicare $118.54 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare Community Plan $139.96 ↓ -22%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $142.61 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $143.22 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare Nexus $143.22 ↓ -20%
Aetna Better Health $153.29 ↓ -15%
United Healthcare Commercial $177.09 ↓ -2%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $177.09 ↓ -2%
Cigna HMO $182.16 ↑ +1%
Cigna PPO $182.16 ↑ +1%
Cigna Local Plus $182.16 ↑ +1%
Emblem Health Commercial $203.39 ↑ +13%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $231.28 ↑ +29%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $431.49 ↑ +140%
First Health Commercial $454.20 ↑ +152%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $619.98 ↑ +245%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $722.02 ↑ +301%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $735.12 ↑ +309%

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X-ray abdomen complete acute series including spine erect and/or decubitus single view chest at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $142.08 $25.98 – $232.44
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $160.62 $45.10 – $238.62
Community Medical Center Toms River $157.00 $45.10 – $231.28
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $133.85 $45.10 – $237.43
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside $134.50 $27.50 – $655.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $157.89 $26.74 – $238.62
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $157.30 $33.62 – $249.21
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $165.63 $45.10 – $234.22

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