X-ray sinus tract/fistula/abscess 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

$272.87

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.

$1,148.00

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.

$34.44 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $1,192.47 with Wellcare — 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 $34.44 ↓ -87%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $81.46 ↓ -70%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $81.46 ↓ -70%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $81.46 ↓ -70%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $81.46 ↓ -70%
Aetna PPO $93.26 ↓ -66%
Aetna HMO $93.26 ↓ -66%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $116.00 ↓ -57%
Cigna PPO $183.91 ↓ -33%
Cigna HMO $183.91 ↓ -33%
Cigna Local Plus $183.91 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Community Plan $212.26 ↓ -22%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $216.28 ↓ -21%
Aetna Better Health $232.47 ↓ -15%
Clover Medicare Advantage $599.23 ↑ +120%
Humana Medicare $599.23 ↑ +120%
Aetna Medicare $599.23 ↑ +120%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $599.23 ↑ +120%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $599.23 ↑ +120%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $599.23 ↑ +120%
United Healthcare Medicare $611.21 ↑ +124%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $654.36 ↑ +140%
United Healthcare Nexus $674.19 ↑ +147%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $674.19 ↑ +147%
First Health Commercial $688.80 ↑ +152%
United Healthcare Commercial $760.90 ↑ +179%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $760.90 ↑ +179%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $940.21 ↑ +245%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,048.65 ↑ +284%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,094.96 ↑ +301%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,114.82 ↑ +309%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,192.47 ↑ +337%

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X-ray sinus tract/fistula/abscess at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $215.47 $17.25 – $1,198.46
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $241.98 $34.44 – $1,230.30
Community Medical Center Toms River $238.09 $34.44 – $1,192.47
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $214.21 $34.44 – $1,224.15
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $237.87 $31.74 – $1,230.30
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $238.55 $34.44 – $1,284.96
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $251.18 $34.44 – $1,207.71
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $606.89 $78.93 – $1,307.42

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