Knee X-ray (standing, both knees) 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

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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.

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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.

$37.76 with Amerihealth vs $193.95 with Wellcare — 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
Amerihealth Local Value $37.76 —
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $37.76 —
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $42.30 —
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $52.20 —
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $52.20 —
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $52.20 —
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $52.20 —
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $55.00 —
Aetna PPO $83.57 —
Aetna HMO $83.57 —
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $97.46 —
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $97.46 —
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $97.46 —
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $97.46 —
Humana Medicare $97.46 —
Aetna Medicare $97.46 —
United Healthcare Medicare $98.15 —
United Healthcare Nexus $116.42 —
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $116.42 —
United Healthcare Commercial $126.10 —
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $126.10 —
Cigna PPO $166.54 —
Cigna Local Plus $166.54 —
Cigna HMO $166.54 —
Emblem Health Commercial $170.56 —
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $193.95 —
Wellpoint NJ Family Care not published by hospital —
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care not published by hospital —
First Health Commercial not published by hospital —
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP not published by hospital —
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp not published by hospital —
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC not published by hospital —
Self Pay Self Pay not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Community Plan not published by hospital —
Aetna Better Health not published by hospital —

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Knee X-ray (standing, both knees) at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $83.71 $20.89 – $192.46
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $94.50 $37.76 – $197.58
Community Medical Center Toms River $92.50 $37.76 – $191.50
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $72.20 $37.83 – $196.59
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $92.90 $21.50 – $197.58
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $92.67 $27.03 – $206.34
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $97.46 $36.37 – $219.04
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $103.69 $38.34 – $250.18

All New-jersey hospitals for this procedure →