Cad breast MRI w/r&i 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.

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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.

$0.64 with Aetna vs $406.18 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey — 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
Aetna PPO $0.64
Aetna HMO $0.64
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $42.00
United Healthcare Community Plan $104.37
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $106.38
Aetna Better Health $114.32
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $239.40
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $242.00
First Health Commercial $252.00
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $274.97
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $291.39
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $294.16
Amerihealth Local Value $313.48
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $313.48
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $322.56
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $343.98
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $395.43
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $406.18

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Cad breast MRI w/r&i at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston not published $0.64 – $0.64
Community Medical Center Toms River not published $0.62 – $0.62
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville not published $0.64 – $0.64
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark not published $0.64 – $0.64
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City not published $0.62 – $0.62
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton Hamilton Township not published $0.62 – $0.62
Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus Lakewood not published $0.64 – $0.64
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick not published $0.65 – $0.65

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