Quant diff pulm perf w/imaging 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

$344.61

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.

$1,575.00

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.

$143.50 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $1,523.18 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 $143.50 ↓ -58%
Aetna HMO $390.67 ↑ +13%
Aetna PPO $390.67 ↑ +13%
United Healthcare Community Plan $391.38 ↑ +14%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $395.10 ↑ +15%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $395.10 ↑ +15%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $395.10 ↑ +15%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $395.10 ↑ +15%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $398.94 ↑ +16%
Aetna Better Health $428.71 ↑ +24%
Aetna Medicare $444.77 ↑ +29%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $444.77 ↑ +29%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $444.77 ↑ +29%
Humana Medicare $444.77 ↑ +29%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $444.77 ↑ +29%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $444.77 ↑ +29%
United Healthcare Medicare $447.93 ↑ +30%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $476.90 ↑ +38%
Amerihealth Local Value $476.90 ↑ +38%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $520.83 ↑ +51%
United Healthcare Nexus $520.83 ↑ +51%
United Healthcare Commercial $581.65 ↑ +69%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $581.65 ↑ +69%
Emblem Health Commercial $778.35 ↑ +126%
Cigna Local Plus $784.46 ↑ +128%
Cigna HMO $784.46 ↑ +128%
Cigna PPO $784.46 ↑ +128%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $828.00 ↑ +140%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $828.00 ↑ +140%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $885.09 ↑ +157%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $897.75 ↑ +161%
First Health Commercial $945.00 ↑ +174%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,482.86 ↑ +330%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,523.18 ↑ +342%

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Quant diff pulm perf w/imaging at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $295.62 $95.89 – $878.30
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $501.35 $143.50 – $901.64
Community Medical Center Toms River $326.65 $143.50 – $873.91
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $261.75 $143.50 – $897.13
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $492.83 $98.71 – $901.64
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $327.28 $124.09 – $941.71
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $444.77 $302.35 – $1,021.05
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $473.22 $130.09 – $1,166.24

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