Mr elastography 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

$339.35

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.

$1,551.00

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.

$133.47 with Amerihealth vs $3,317.00 with Qualcare Inc — 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 Regional Preferred $133.47 ↓ -61%
Amerihealth Local Value $133.47 ↓ -61%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $173.94 ↓ -49%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $267.55 ↓ -21%
Humana Medicare $267.55 ↓ -21%
Aetna Medicare $267.55 ↓ -21%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $267.55 ↓ -21%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $267.55 ↓ -21%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $267.55 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare Medicare $269.45 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $312.92 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Nexus $312.92 ↓ -8%
Cigna Local Plus $326.00 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $368.20 ↑ +9%
United Healthcare Commercial $368.20 ↑ +9%
United Healthcare Community Plan $385.42 ↑ +14%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $392.86 ↑ +16%
Aetna HMO $397.73 ↑ +17%
Aetna PPO $397.73 ↑ +17%
Cigna HMO $414.00 ↑ +22%
Aetna Better Health $422.18 ↑ +24%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $431.90 ↑ +27%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $431.90 ↑ +27%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $431.90 ↑ +27%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $431.90 ↑ +27%
Cigna PPO $436.00 ↑ +28%
Emblem Health Commercial $468.21 ↑ +38%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $532.42 ↑ +57%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $884.07 ↑ +161%
First Health Commercial $930.60 ↑ +174%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,460.26 ↑ +330%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,499.97 ↑ +342%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $2,072.00 ↑ +511%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $3,317.00 ↑ +877%

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Mr elastography at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $267.55 $189.83 – $559.79
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $284.66 $157.68 – $711.68
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $264.17 $189.83 – $559.79
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $267.78 $169.75 – $594.31
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $267.55 $186.55 – $707.07
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $284.66 $173.94 – $559.79
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $267.78 $189.83 – $559.79
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $267.55 $189.83 – $559.79

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