Cytopath smear other source 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

$142.43

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.

$651.00

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.

$23.57 with United Healthcare vs $629.58 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 Oxford Metro $23.57 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Nexus $23.57 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $27.21 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Commercial $27.21 ↓ -81%
Amerihealth Local Value $49.50 ↓ -65%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $49.50 ↓ -65%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $59.14 ↓ -58%
Humana Medicare $59.14 ↓ -58%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $59.14 ↓ -58%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $59.14 ↓ -58%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $59.14 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare $59.14 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Medicare $59.56 ↓ -58%
Emblem Health Commercial $103.50 ↓ -27%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $104.25 ↓ -27%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $104.25 ↓ -27%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $104.25 ↓ -27%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $104.25 ↓ -27%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $108.24 ↓ -24%
United Healthcare Community Plan $110.24 ↓ -23%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $112.34 ↓ -21%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $117.69 ↓ -17%
Aetna PPO $172.26 ↑ +21%
Aetna HMO $172.26 ↑ +21%
Aetna Better Health $177.20 ↑ +24%
Cigna Local Plus $362.69 ↑ +155%
Cigna PPO $362.69 ↑ +155%
Cigna HMO $362.69 ↑ +155%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $371.07 ↑ +161%
First Health Commercial $390.60 ↑ +174%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $499.96 ↑ +251%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $533.16 ↑ +274%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $612.91 ↑ +330%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $629.58 ↑ +342%

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Cytopath smear other source at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $122.19 $23.57 – $362.69
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $79.67 $23.57 – $362.69
Community Medical Center Toms River $135.01 $23.57 – $362.69
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $93.28 $23.57 – $362.69
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $78.32 $23.57 – $362.69
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $135.27 $23.57 – $362.69
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $59.14 $50.74 – $102.13
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $62.92 $50.34 – $248.76

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