Aspirate/inj ganglion cyst 20612 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

$5,419.00

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.

$919.00

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.

$95.12 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $4,294.00 with Aetna — 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 $95.12 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan $228.37 ↓ -96%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $232.78 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health $250.15 ↓ -95%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $326.73 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare $326.73 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare $326.73 ↓ -94%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $326.73 ↓ -94%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $326.73 ↓ -94%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $326.73 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicare $329.06 ↓ -94%
Amerihealth Local Value $514.54 ↓ -91%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $529.52 ↓ -90%
First Health Commercial $551.40 ↓ -90%
Emblem Health Commercial $571.78 ↓ -89%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $601.66 ↓ -89%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $605.98 ↓ -89%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $637.60 ↓ -88%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $643.66 ↓ -88%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $650.19 ↓ -88%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $799.53 ↓ -85%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $865.23 ↓ -84%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $888.76 ↓ -84%
Cigna Local Plus $1,893.00 ↓ -65%
Cigna HMO $2,405.00 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,445.00 ↓ -55%
Cigna PPO $2,533.00 ↓ -53%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $2,699.00 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,751.00 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,877.00 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,236.00 ↓ -40%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $3,266.00 ↓ -40%
Aetna PPO $4,294.00 ↓ -21%
Aetna HMO $4,294.00 ↓ -21%

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Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $49.30 – $641.99
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