Natriuretic peptide 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

$43.19

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.

$314.00

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.

$18.45 with United Healthcare vs $303.66 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 $18.45 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $18.45 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $21.59 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Commercial $21.59 ↓ -50%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $31.11 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare Community Plan $32.98 ↓ -24%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $33.61 ↓ -22%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $39.26 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $39.26 ↓ -9%
Aetna Medicare $39.26 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $39.26 ↓ -9%
Humana Medicare $39.26 ↓ -9%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $39.26 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $39.26 ↓ -9%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $39.26 ↓ -9%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $39.26 ↓ -9%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $39.26 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Medicare $40.05 ↓ -7%
Aetna PPO $48.29 ↑ +12%
Aetna HMO $48.29 ↑ +12%
Emblem Health Commercial $68.71 ↑ +59%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $78.13 ↑ +81%
Aetna Better Health $85.47 ↑ +98%
Amerihealth Local Value $91.70 ↑ +112%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $91.70 ↑ +112%
Cigna Local Plus $160.23 ↑ +271%
Cigna PPO $160.23 ↑ +271%
Cigna HMO $160.23 ↑ +271%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $178.98 ↑ +314%
First Health Commercial $188.40 ↑ +336%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $241.15 ↑ +458%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $257.16 ↑ +495%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $295.63 ↑ +584%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $303.66 ↑ +603%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Carrier Clinic Belle Mead $115.20 $41.76 – $41.76
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