Biopsy lower leg soft tissue 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.

$4,081.00

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.

$475.83 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 $475.83 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Community Plan $1,014.12 ↓ -81%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $1,033.71 ↓ -81%
Aetna Better Health $1,110.84 ↓ -80%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $1,793.38 ↓ -67%
Aetna Medicare $1,793.38 ↓ -67%
Humana Medicare $1,793.38 ↓ -67%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $1,793.38 ↓ -67%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $1,793.38 ↓ -67%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $1,793.38 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,806.14 ↓ -67%
Cigna Local Plus $1,893.00 ↓ -65%
Amerihealth Local Value $2,284.95 ↓ -58%
Cigna HMO $2,405.00 ↓ -56%
First Health Commercial $2,448.60 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,494.00 ↓ -54%
Cigna PPO $2,533.00 ↓ -53%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $2,691.01 ↓ -50%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $2,699.00 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,806.00 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,934.00 ↓ -46%
Emblem Health Commercial $3,138.42 ↓ -42%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $3,266.00 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,301.00 ↓ -39%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $3,568.83 ↓ -34%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $3,842.26 ↓ -29%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $3,946.73 ↓ -27%
Aetna HMO $4,294.00 ↓ -21%
Aetna PPO $4,294.00 ↓ -21%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan not published by hospital
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC not published by hospital
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed not published by hospital
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed not published by hospital
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia not published by hospital

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Biopsy lower leg soft tissue at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $5,855.00 $26.40 – $3,541.46
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $6,839.00 $240.82 – $3,635.56
Community Medical Center Toms River $3,786.00 $246.62 – $3,523.75
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $3,986.00 $237.91 – $3,617.38
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $4,881.00 $27.17 – $3,635.56
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $5,339.00 $34.16 – $3,797.10
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $1,793.38 $1,793.38 – $2,152.05
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $1,908.09 $351.20 – $2,003.50

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