Bld prd mix 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

$48.79

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.

$223.00

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.

$26.25 with United Healthcare vs $377.44 with Wellcare — 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
United Healthcare Community Plan $26.25 ↓ -46%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $26.75 ↓ -45%
Amerihealth Local Value $31.24 ↓ -36%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $31.24 ↓ -36%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $36.07 ↓ -26%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $36.07 ↓ -26%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $36.07 ↓ -26%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $36.07 ↓ -26%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $49.20 ↑ +1%
Aetna Better Health $60.70 ↑ +24%
United Healthcare Nexus $73.91 ↑ +51%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $73.91 ↑ +51%
United Healthcare Commercial $78.93 ↑ +62%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $78.93 ↑ +62%
Cigna PPO $125.50 ↑ +157%
Cigna HMO $125.50 ↑ +157%
Cigna Local Plus $125.50 ↑ +157%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $127.11 ↑ +161%
First Health Commercial $133.80 ↑ +174%
Aetna HMO $133.80 ↑ +174%
Aetna PPO $133.80 ↑ +174%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $171.26 ↑ +251%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $182.63 ↑ +274%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $189.67 ↑ +289%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $189.67 ↑ +289%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $189.67 ↑ +289%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $189.67 ↑ +289%
Aetna Medicare $189.67 ↑ +289%
Humana Medicare $189.67 ↑ +289%
United Healthcare Medicare $191.03 ↑ +292%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $209.95 ↑ +330%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $215.66 ↑ +342%
Emblem Health Commercial $331.92 ↑ +580%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $377.44 ↑ +674%

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Bld prd mix at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $41.85 $25.50 – $374.56
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $47.25 $26.25 – $384.50
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $70.80 $26.25 – $382.58
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $46.45 $26.25 – $384.50
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $46.33 $26.25 – $401.58
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $189.67 $26.19 – $306.15
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $201.80 $44.60 – $271.93
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $187.28 $26.19 – $266.30

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