Contrast exam thoracic aorta 75605-26 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

$2,383.38

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.

$10,893.00

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.

$178.60 with Aetna vs $11,906.87 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
Aetna PPO $178.60 ↓ -93%
Aetna HMO $178.60 ↓ -93%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $235.06 ↓ -90%
Cigna PPO $355.64 ↓ -85%
Cigna HMO $355.64 ↓ -85%
Cigna Local Plus $355.64 ↓ -85%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $416.46 ↓ -83%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $416.46 ↓ -83%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $416.46 ↓ -83%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $416.46 ↓ -83%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $1,370.00 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare Community Plan $2,706.91 ↑ +14%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $2,759.19 ↑ +16%
Aetna Better Health $2,965.07 ↑ +24%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $5,983.35 ↑ +151%
Aetna Medicare $5,983.35 ↑ +151%
Humana Medicare $5,983.35 ↑ +151%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $5,983.35 ↑ +151%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $5,983.35 ↑ +151%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $5,983.35 ↑ +151%
United Healthcare Medicare $6,025.94 ↑ +153%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $6,209.01 ↑ +161%
First Health Commercial $6,535.80 ↑ +174%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $6,887.28 ↑ +189%
United Healthcare Nexus $6,887.28 ↑ +189%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $7,261.98 ↑ +205%
United Healthcare Commercial $7,261.98 ↑ +205%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $8,921.36 ↑ +274%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $10,255.75 ↑ +330%
Emblem Health Commercial $10,470.86 ↑ +339%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $10,534.62 ↑ +342%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $11,906.87 ↑ +400%

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Contrast exam thoracic aorta 75605-26 at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $2,044.61 $62.28 – $11,815.56
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $2,337.25 $189.10 – $12,129.52
Community Medical Center Toms River $2,259.20 $173.51 – $11,756.48
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $2,082.68 $189.10 – $12,068.87
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $2,297.54 $64.11 – $12,129.52
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $2,263.56 $80.60 – $12,668.50
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $5,983.35 $230.38 – $12,915.78
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $6,366.08 $213.09 – $14,752.37

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