Ecg external < 48 hours recording 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

$397.12

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.

$1,815.00

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.

$142.67 with Aetna vs $1,755.28 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
Aetna Medicare $142.67 ↓ -64%
Humana Medicare $142.67 ↓ -64%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $142.67 ↓ -64%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $142.67 ↓ -64%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $142.67 ↓ -64%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $142.67 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Medicare $143.69 ↓ -64%
Emblem Health Commercial $249.67 ↓ -37%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $283.91 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $382.00 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare Nexus $382.00 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare Commercial $449.00 ↑ +13%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $449.00 ↑ +13%
United Healthcare Community Plan $451.02 ↑ +14%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $459.73 ↑ +16%
Aetna Better Health $494.04 ↑ +24%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $551.04 ↑ +39%
Cigna Local Plus $887.53 ↑ +123%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $1,034.55 ↑ +161%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,045.80 ↑ +163%
Aetna PPO $1,089.00 ↑ +174%
First Health Commercial $1,089.00 ↑ +174%
Aetna HMO $1,089.00 ↑ +174%
Cigna HMO $1,127.65 ↑ +184%
Cigna PPO $1,127.65 ↑ +184%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $1,188.28 ↑ +199%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $1,259.24 ↑ +217%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $1,271.22 ↑ +220%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $1,354.71 ↑ +241%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,354.71 ↑ +241%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $1,393.92 ↑ +251%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $1,486.48 ↑ +274%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,708.82 ↑ +330%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,755.28 ↑ +342%

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Ecg external < 48 hours recording at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $340.67 $9.65 – $281.74
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $384.59 $144.62 – $289.24
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Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $377.15 $12.49 – $302.08
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $142.67 $142.67 – $1,008.00
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