Chemotherapy injection 96542 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

$140.68

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.

$643.00

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.

$100.04 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $2,094.00 with United Healthcare — 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 $100.04 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Community Plan $159.78 ↑ +14%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $162.87 ↑ +16%
Aetna Better Health $175.02 ↑ +24%
Cigna Local Plus $314.42 ↑ +124%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $366.51 ↑ +161%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $367.13 ↑ +161%
Humana Medicare $367.13 ↑ +161%
Aetna Medicare $367.13 ↑ +161%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $367.13 ↑ +161%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $367.13 ↑ +161%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $367.13 ↑ +161%
United Healthcare Medicare $369.75 ↑ +163%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $370.49 ↑ +163%
First Health Commercial $385.80 ↑ +174%
Cigna HMO $399.49 ↑ +184%
Cigna PPO $420.77 ↑ +199%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $420.97 ↑ +199%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $446.11 ↑ +217%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $450.35 ↑ +220%
Amerihealth Local Value $479.93 ↑ +241%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $479.93 ↑ +241%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $526.61 ↑ +274%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $605.38 ↑ +330%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $621.84 ↑ +342%
Emblem Health Commercial $642.48 ↑ +357%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $730.59 ↑ +419%
Aetna HMO $1,104.00 ↑ +685%
Aetna PPO $1,104.00 ↑ +685%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $1,387.00 ↑ +886%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $1,780.00 ↑ +1165%
United Healthcare Nexus $1,780.00 ↑ +1165%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,094.00 ↑ +1388%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,094.00 ↑ +1388%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $120.69 $67.98 – $725.00
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $236.26 $100.04 – $1,387.00
Community Medical Center Toms River $133.35 $100.04 – $1,387.00
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