Insert abdomen-venous drain 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

$5,419.00

Cash price

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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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$2,021.00

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.

$502.21 with United Healthcare vs $5,153.00 with Aetna — 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

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 Community Plan $502.21 ↓ -91%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $511.91 ↓ -91%
Aetna Better Health $550.11 ↓ -90%
Cigna Local Plus $988.26 ↓ -82%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,131.55 ↓ -79%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,164.50 ↓ -79%
First Health Commercial $1,212.60 ↓ -78%
Cigna HMO $1,255.64 ↓ -77%
Cigna PPO $1,322.54 ↓ -76%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $1,323.14 ↓ -76%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $1,332.64 ↓ -75%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $1,344.80 ↓ -75%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $1,402.16 ↓ -74%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $1,415.50 ↓ -74%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $1,758.27 ↓ -68%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,902.77 ↓ -65%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,954.50 ↓ -64%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $2,699.00 ↓ -50%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $3,266.00 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $3,417.00 ↓ -37%
United Healthcare Nexus $3,845.00 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $4,020.00 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,523.00 ↓ -17%
Aetna PPO $5,153.00 ↓ -5%
Aetna HMO $5,153.00 ↓ -5%

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Insert abdomen-venous drain at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick $5,741.00 $468.86 – $619.10
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset Somerville $6,311.00 $422.25 – $619.10
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth not published $398.79 – $1,673.82
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston not published $680.60 – $680.60
Community Medical Center Toms River not published $697.00 – $697.00
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville not published $672.40 – $672.40
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark not published $410.52 – $1,234.10
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City not published $516.08 – $738.00

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