Bx skin punch ea sep/ addl les 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

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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.

$601.00

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.

$116.11 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 $116.11
United Healthcare Community Plan $149.34
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $152.23
Aetna Better Health $163.59
Amerihealth Local Value $336.49
First Health Commercial $360.60
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $396.29
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $461.56
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $492.21
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $565.84
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $581.22
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,445.00
United Healthcare Nexus $2,751.00
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,877.00
United Healthcare Commercial $3,236.00
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $3,266.00
Aetna PPO $4,294.00
Aetna HMO $4,294.00
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
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan not published by hospital
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed not published by hospital

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Bx skin punch ea sep/ addl les at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth not published $30.92 – $380.41
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston not published $58.76 – $58.76
Community Medical Center Toms River not published $60.18 – $60.18
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville not published $58.06 – $58.06
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark not published $31.83 – $106.55
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City not published $40.01 – $63.72
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel not published not published
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack not published $53.76 – $53.76

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