CT guidance for percutaneous drain w/catheter placement supervision & interpretation 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

$343.51

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.

$1,570.00

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.

$147.82 with Aetna vs $1,518.34 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey — same scan, same building. Share

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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 HMO $147.82 ↓ -57%
Aetna PPO $147.82 ↓ -57%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $182.48 ↓ -47%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $182.48 ↓ -47%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $182.48 ↓ -47%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $182.48 ↓ -47%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $214.84 ↓ -37%
United Healthcare Community Plan $390.14 ↑ +14%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $397.68 ↑ +16%
Aetna Better Health $427.35 ↑ +24%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $894.90 ↑ +161%
First Health Commercial $942.00 ↑ +174%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $1,205.76 ↑ +251%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $1,285.83 ↑ +274%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,478.15 ↑ +330%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,518.34 ↑ +342%

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CT guidance for percutaneous drain w/catheter placement supervision & interpretation at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $294.68 $57.34 – $577.85
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $234.99 $136.86 – $156.55
Community Medical Center Toms River $325.61 $136.86 – $143.62
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $236.69 $136.86 – $156.55
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $231.00 $59.03 – $156.55
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $326.24 $74.21 – $152.10
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton Hamilton Township $195.04 $143.62 – $214.84
Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus Lakewood $373.18 $147.82 – $182.48

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