Artery x-rays lungs at Monmouth Medical Center

300 2nd Ave, Long Branch, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1609983790

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$2,050.81

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.

$9,373.00

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.

$188.29 with Aetna vs $9,064.62 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
Aetna PPO $188.29 ↓ -91%
Aetna HMO $188.29 ↓ -91%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $286.98 ↓ -86%
Cigna Local Plus $374.76 ↓ -82%
Cigna HMO $374.76 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $374.76 ↓ -82%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $420.88 ↓ -79%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $420.88 ↓ -79%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $420.88 ↓ -79%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $420.88 ↓ -79%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $1,370.00 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Community Plan $2,329.19 ↑ +14%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $2,374.18 ↑ +16%
Aetna Better Health $2,551.33 ↑ +24%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $3,483.84 ↑ +70%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $3,483.84 ↑ +70%
Humana Medicare $3,483.84 ↑ +70%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $3,483.84 ↑ +70%
Aetna Medicare $3,483.84 ↑ +70%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $3,483.84 ↑ +70%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,508.64 ↑ +71%
United Healthcare Nexus $3,991.82 ↑ +95%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $3,991.82 ↑ +95%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $4,378.62 ↑ +114%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,378.62 ↑ +114%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $5,342.61 ↑ +161%
First Health Commercial $5,623.80 ↑ +174%
Emblem Health Commercial $6,096.72 ↑ +197%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $6,932.84 ↑ +238%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $7,676.48 ↑ +274%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $8,824.67 ↑ +330%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $9,064.62 ↑ +342%

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Artery x-rays lungs at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $1,759.31 $75.79 – $6,879.68
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $2,170.27 $199.36 – $7,062.48
Community Medical Center Toms River $1,943.96 $182.93 – $6,845.28
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $1,158.19 $199.36 – $7,027.17
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $2,133.40 $78.02 – $7,062.48
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $1,947.70 $98.08 – $7,376.29
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $3,483.84 $247.33 – $7,747.94
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $3,706.68 $260.16 – $8,849.68

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