New Patient Office Visit (level 3) at Monmouth Medical Center
300 2nd Ave, Long Branch, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1609983790
$126.46
Cash price 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.
$578.00
Gross charge 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.
$64.24 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $558.98 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | NJ Health | $64.24 | ↓ -49% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan | $143.63 | ↑ +14% |
| Fidelis Care | NJ Family Care | $146.40 | ↑ +16% |
| Aetna | Better Health | $157.33 | ↑ +24% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Metro | $166.46 | ↑ +32% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $166.46 | ↑ +32% |
| United Healthcare | Oxford Commercial | $195.36 | ↑ +54% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $195.36 | ↑ +54% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $282.64 | ↑ +124% |
| Wellpoint | NJ Family Care | $329.46 | ↑ +161% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Omnia | $333.04 | ↑ +163% |
| First Health | Commercial | $346.80 | ↑ +174% |
| Aetna | HMO | $346.80 | ↑ +174% |
| Aetna | PPO | $346.80 | ↑ +174% |
| Cigna | HMO | $359.11 | ↑ +184% |
| Cigna | PPO | $359.11 | ↑ +184% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | State Benefit Plan | $378.41 | ↑ +199% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Managed | $401.01 | ↑ +217% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Non-Managed | $404.83 | ↑ +220% |
| Amerihealth | Regional Preferred | $431.41 | ↑ +241% |
| Amerihealth | Local Value | $431.41 | ↑ +241% |
| Qualcare Inc | HMO/POS | $443.90 | ↑ +251% |
| Qualcare Inc | PPO/WC | $473.38 | ↑ +274% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Worker's Comp | $544.18 | ↑ +330% |
| Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | PIP | $558.98 | ↑ +342% |
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New Patient Office Visit (level 3) at other New-jersey hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrier Clinic | Belle Mead | $209.20 | $60.06 – $261.50 |
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth | $108.49 | $59.34 – $64.24 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston | $122.47 | $64.24 – $64.24 |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River | $119.87 | $64.24 – $64.24 |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville | $114.96 | $64.24 – $64.24 |
| Childrens Specialized Hospital | Mountainside | $300.50 | $175.68 – $175.68 |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark | $120.39 | $61.09 – $64.24 |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City | $120.10 | $64.24 – $76.80 |