ER Visit (level 4) 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

$678.06

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.

$3,099.00

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.

$471.32 with Aetna vs $2,997.04 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 $471.32 ↓ -30%
Humana Medicare $471.32 ↓ -30%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $471.32 ↓ -30%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $471.32 ↓ -30%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $471.32 ↓ -30%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $471.32 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Medicare $474.68 ↓ -30%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $620.00 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Community Plan $770.10 ↑ +14%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $784.97 ↑ +16%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $789.00 ↑ +16%
Aetna Better Health $843.54 ↑ +24%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $937.93 ↑ +38%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,379.00 ↑ +103%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $1,387.00 ↑ +105%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,454.00 ↑ +114%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,491.00 ↑ +120%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $1,652.00 ↑ +144%
Cigna Local Plus $1,715.00 ↑ +153%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $1,728.00 ↑ +155%
United Healthcare Nexus $1,858.00 ↑ +174%
First Health Commercial $1,859.40 ↑ +174%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $1,943.00 ↑ +187%
Cigna HMO $2,179.00 ↑ +221%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,186.00 ↑ +222%
Aetna PPO $2,209.00 ↑ +226%
Aetna HMO $2,209.00 ↑ +226%
Cigna PPO $2,295.00 ↑ +238%
Amerihealth Local Value $2,409.00 ↑ +255%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $2,538.08 ↑ +274%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $2,793.00 ↑ +312%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $2,811.00 ↑ +315%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $2,838.00 ↑ +319%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $2,997.04 ↑ +342%

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ER Visit (level 4) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $581.68 $62.43 – $1,862.00
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $663.88 $477.74 – $2,179.00
Community Medical Center Toms River $642.73 $465.37 – $1,976.00
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $551.94 $477.74 – $1,465.00
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $652.60 $64.27 – $1,485.00
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $643.97 $80.80 – $1,605.00
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $471.32 $471.32 – $1,787.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $501.47 $200.68 – $1,944.00

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