Augumentation percutaneous vertebral inc cavity creation ea addl thoracic/lumbar vertebral body 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

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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.

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$9,079.00

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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.

$2,256.13 with United Healthcare vs $8,780.30 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
United Healthcare Community Plan $2,256.13 ↓ -58%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $2,299.71 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,445.00 ↓ -55%
Aetna Better Health $2,471.30 ↓ -54%
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%
Cigna Local Plus $4,439.63 ↓ -18%
Amerihealth Local Value $5,083.33 ↓ -6%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $5,231.31 ↓ -3%
First Health Commercial $5,447.40 ↑ +1%
Cigna HMO $5,640.78 ↑ +4%
Cigna PPO $5,941.29 ↑ +10%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $5,944.02 ↑ +10%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $5,986.69 ↑ +10%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $6,299.01 ↑ +16%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $6,358.93 ↑ +17%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $6,972.67 ↑ +29%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $7,435.70 ↑ +37%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $8,547.87 ↑ +58%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $8,688.16 ↑ +60%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $8,780.30 ↑ +62%

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Augumentation percutaneous vertebral inc cavity creation ea addl thoracic/lumbar vertebral body at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $1,552.31 – $7,972.98
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton Hamilton Township $5,110.00 $4,185.15 – $4,185.15
Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus Lakewood $4,350.00 $10,833.71 – $10,833.71
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick $5,741.00 $1,369.21 – $3,999.73
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway Rahway $4,627.00 $5,112.24 – $5,112.24
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset Somerville $6,311.00 $1,596.66 – $3,999.73
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth not published $1,507.96 – $1,978.15
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston not published $4,397.06 – $4,397.06

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