Basic vestibular evaluation 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

$318.57

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,456.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$173.18 with Wellpoint vs $1,408.09 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $173.18 ↓ -46%
Humana Medicare $173.18 ↓ -46%
Aetna Medicare $173.18 ↓ -46%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $173.18 ↓ -46%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $173.18 ↓ -46%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $173.18 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Medicare $174.41 ↓ -45%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $178.89 ↓ -44%
Emblem Health Commercial $303.07 ↓ -5%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $344.63 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Community Plan $361.81 ↑ +14%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $368.80 ↑ +16%
Aetna Better Health $396.32 ↑ +24%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $419.32 ↑ +32%
United Healthcare Nexus $419.32 ↑ +32%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $492.12 ↑ +54%
United Healthcare Commercial $492.12 ↑ +54%
Cigna Local Plus $711.98 ↑ +123%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $829.92 ↑ +161%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $838.94 ↑ +163%
Aetna PPO $873.60 ↑ +174%
First Health Commercial $873.60 ↑ +174%
Aetna HMO $873.60 ↑ +174%
Cigna HMO $904.61 ↑ +184%
Cigna PPO $904.61 ↑ +184%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $953.24 ↑ +199%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $1,010.17 ↑ +217%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $1,019.78 ↑ +220%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $1,086.75 ↑ +241%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,086.75 ↑ +241%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $1,118.20 ↑ +251%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $1,192.46 ↑ +274%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,370.82 ↑ +330%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,408.09 ↑ +342%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Basic vestibular evaluation at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $301.53 $90.54 – $351.08
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $262.15 $89.45 – $349.32
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $173.18 $173.18 – $465.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $184.26 $147.41 – $487.00
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $170.99 $116.00 – $499.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $173.33 $109.08 – $627.00
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $173.18 $173.18 – $443.00
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $184.26 $107.44 – $994.00

All New-jersey hospitals for this procedure →