Cell marker study 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.

$23.57 with United Healthcare vs $541.20 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
United Healthcare Nexus $23.57
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $23.57
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $27.21
United Healthcare Commercial $27.21
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $59.14
Aetna Medicare $59.14
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $59.14
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $59.14
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $59.14
Humana Medicare $59.14
United Healthcare Medicare $59.56
Emblem Health Commercial $103.50
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $117.69
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $140.04
Amerihealth Local Value $140.04
United Healthcare Community Plan $143.44
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $146.17
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $149.44
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $149.44
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $149.44
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $149.44
Aetna PPO $209.62
Aetna HMO $209.62
Cigna Local Plus $519.94
Cigna PPO $519.94
Cigna HMO $519.94
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $541.20
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP not published by hospital
Self Pay Self Pay not published by hospital
Wellpoint NJ Family Care not published by hospital
First Health Commercial not published by hospital
Aetna Better Health not published by hospital
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS not published by hospital
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp not published by hospital
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC not published by hospital

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Cell marker study at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $113.37 $23.57 – $523.98
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $102.34 $23.57 – $519.94
Community Medical Center Toms River $125.26 $23.57 – $519.94
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $103.22 $23.57 – $519.94
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $100.60 $23.57 – $519.94
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $59.14 $59.14 – $102.13
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $62.92 $50.34 – $324.12
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $58.39 $53.43 – $307.83

All New-jersey hospitals for this procedure →