External chromosome analysis 20-25 cells 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

$159.07

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.

$691.00

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.

$67.97 with United Healthcare vs $668.26 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 Nexus $67.97 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $67.97 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $79.54 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Commercial $79.54 ↓ -50%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $115.82 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare Community Plan $121.47 ↓ -24%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $123.79 ↓ -22%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $144.61 ↓ -9%
Humana Medicare $144.61 ↓ -9%
Aetna Medicare $144.61 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $144.61 ↓ -9%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $144.61 ↓ -9%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $144.61 ↓ -9%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $144.61 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $144.61 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $144.61 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $144.61 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Medicare $147.50 ↓ -7%
Aetna PPO $177.87 ↑ +12%
Aetna HMO $177.87 ↑ +12%
Aetna Better Health $188.09 ↑ +18%
Emblem Health Commercial $253.07 ↑ +59%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $287.77 ↑ +81%
Amerihealth Local Value $333.12 ↑ +109%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $333.12 ↑ +109%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $393.87 ↑ +148%
First Health Commercial $414.60 ↑ +161%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $530.68 ↑ +234%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $565.92 ↑ +256%
Cigna Local Plus $590.17 ↑ +271%
Cigna HMO $590.17 ↑ +271%
Cigna PPO $590.17 ↑ +271%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $650.57 ↑ +309%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $668.26 ↑ +320%

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External chromosome analysis 20-25 cells at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $159.07 $67.97 – $590.17
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $159.07 $67.97 – $590.17
Community Medical Center Toms River $159.07 $67.97 – $590.17
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $159.07 $67.97 – $590.17
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $159.07 $67.97 – $590.17
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $159.07 $67.97 – $590.17
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $144.61 $144.61 – $662.65
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $144.61 $104.99 – $649.37

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