Kidney img w/bldflw sgl without rx 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

$455.32

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.

$2,081.00

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.

$180.40 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $2,012.53 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
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $180.40 ↓ -60%
Amerihealth Local Value $247.54 ↓ -46%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $247.54 ↓ -46%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $434.10 ↓ -5%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $434.10 ↓ -5%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $434.10 ↓ -5%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $434.10 ↓ -5%
Aetna HMO $445.19 ↓ -2%
Aetna PPO $445.19 ↓ -2%
United Healthcare Community Plan $517.12 ↑ +14%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $527.11 ↑ +16%
Aetna Better Health $566.44 ↑ +24%
Humana Medicare $595.79 ↑ +31%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $595.79 ↑ +31%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $595.79 ↑ +31%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $595.79 ↑ +31%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $595.79 ↑ +31%
Aetna Medicare $595.79 ↑ +31%
United Healthcare Medicare $600.03 ↑ +32%
United Healthcare Nexus $676.03 ↑ +48%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $676.03 ↑ +48%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $745.73 ↑ +64%
United Healthcare Commercial $745.73 ↑ +64%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $828.00 ↑ +82%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $828.00 ↑ +82%
Cigna Local Plus $893.67 ↑ +96%
Cigna PPO $893.67 ↑ +96%
Cigna HMO $893.67 ↑ +96%
Emblem Health Commercial $1,042.63 ↑ +129%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $1,185.62 ↑ +160%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $1,186.17 ↑ +161%
First Health Commercial $1,248.60 ↑ +174%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,959.26 ↑ +330%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $2,012.53 ↑ +342%

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Kidney img w/bldflw sgl without rx at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $441.59 $180.40 – $1,207.80
Community Medical Center Toms River $431.59 $180.40 – $1,170.64
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $372.93 $180.40 – $1,201.76
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $434.09 $115.46 – $1,207.80
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $432.43 $145.15 – $1,261.46
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $595.79 $334.54 – $1,325.05
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $633.90 $163.54 – $1,513.47
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $588.26 $334.54 – $1,325.05

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