Echo guide for amniocentesis at Monmouth Medical Center
300 2nd Ave, Long Branch, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1609983790
$391.87
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.
$1,791.00
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.
$40.44 with Aetna vs $1,732.07 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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| Aetna | HMO | $40.44 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | PPO | $40.44 | ↓ -90% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $50.44 | ↓ -87% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $50.44 | ↓ -87% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $50.44 | ↓ -87% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $50.44 | ↓ -87% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $50.84 | ↓ -87% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | $166.00 | ↓ -58% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $445.06 | ↑ +14% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $453.66 | ↑ +16% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $487.51 | ↑ +24% |
| Wellpoint | NJ Family Care | $1,020.87 | ↑ +161% |
| First Health | Commercial | $1,074.60 | ↑ +174% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO/WC | $1,466.82 | ↑ +274% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $1,686.22 | ↑ +330% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $1,732.07 | ↑ +342% |
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Echo guide for amniocentesis at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $336.17 | $17.15 – $157.90 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $312.34 | $37.83 – $166.00 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $371.45 | $37.83 – $39.29 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $145.39 | $37.83 – $42.78 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $307.03 | $17.65 – $166.00 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $372.16 | $22.19 – $144.60 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital | New Brunswick | $314.40 | $43.48 – $57.13 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway | Rahway | $94.29 | $37.83 – $37.83 |