CT thoracic spine w/contrast at Monmouth Medical Center
300 2nd Ave, Long Branch, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1609983790
$541.53
Cash price 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.
$2,475.00
Gross charge 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.
$197.04 with Wellpoint vs $2,393.57 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $197.04 | ↓ -64% |
| Humana | Medicare | $197.04 | ↓ -64% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Medicare Advantage | $197.04 | ↓ -64% |
| Fidelis Care | Medicare Advantage | $197.04 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $197.04 | ↓ -64% |
| Clover Health | Medicare Advantage | $197.04 | ↓ -64% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $198.44 | ↓ -63% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $221.00 | ↓ -59% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $241.66 | ↓ -55% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $241.66 | ↓ -55% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $279.10 | ↓ -48% |
| Cigna | HMO | $281.00 | ↓ -48% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $287.91 | ↓ -47% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $287.91 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna | PPO | $296.00 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | HMO | $304.45 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | PPO | $304.45 | ↓ -44% |
| Emblem Health | Commercial | $344.82 | ↓ -36% |
| Wellcare | Ambetter Health Commercial | $392.11 | ↓ -28% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $451.73 | ↓ -17% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $451.73 | ↓ -17% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $591.04 | ↑ +9% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $591.04 | ↑ +9% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $591.04 | ↑ +9% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $591.04 | ↑ +9% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $615.03 | ↑ +14% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $626.91 | ↑ +16% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $673.69 | ↑ +24% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO/WC | $726.00 | ↑ +34% |
| Wellpoint | NJ Family Care | $1,410.75 | ↑ +161% |
| First Health | Commercial | $1,485.00 | ↑ +174% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | $1,797.00 | ↑ +232% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $2,330.21 | ↑ +330% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $2,393.57 | ↑ +342% |
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CT thoracic spine w/contrast at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $464.55 | $90.47 – $609.45 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $567.89 | $199.72 – $726.00 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $513.31 | $194.55 – $726.00 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $922.49 | $199.72 – $726.00 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $558.24 | $93.14 – $726.00 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $514.30 | $117.08 – $704.00 |
| Bayshore Medical Center | Holmdel | $197.04 | $197.04 – $2,083.00 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack | $209.65 | $167.72 – $2,426.69 |