Special physics consult 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

$378.52

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.

$1,730.00

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.

$96.43 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $3,021.00 with United Healthcare — 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 $96.43 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare $146.96 ↓ -61%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $146.96 ↓ -61%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $146.96 ↓ -61%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $146.96 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare $146.96 ↓ -61%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $146.96 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Medicare $148.00 ↓ -61%
Emblem Health Commercial $257.18 ↓ -32%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $292.45 ↓ -23%
Aetna HMO $396.00 ↑ +5%
Aetna PPO $396.00 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare Community Plan $429.90 ↑ +14%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $438.20 ↑ +16%
Aetna Better Health $470.90 ↑ +24%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $597.00 ↑ +58%
Cigna Local Plus $845.97 ↑ +123%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $986.10 ↑ +161%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $996.82 ↑ +163%
First Health Commercial $1,038.00 ↑ +174%
Cigna PPO $1,074.84 ↑ +184%
Cigna HMO $1,074.84 ↑ +184%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $1,132.63 ↑ +199%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $1,200.27 ↑ +217%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $1,211.69 ↑ +220%
Amerihealth Local Value $1,291.27 ↑ +241%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $1,291.27 ↑ +241%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $1,416.87 ↑ +274%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $1,628.79 ↑ +330%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,673.08 ↑ +342%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,568.00 ↑ +578%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,568.00 ↑ +578%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,021.00 ↑ +698%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $3,021.00 ↑ +698%

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Special physics consult at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $324.72 $76.06 – $491.06
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $415.74 $96.43 – $597.00
Community Medical Center Toms River $358.80 $96.43 – $288.75
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $579.19 $96.43 – $296.43
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $408.68 $78.30 – $597.00
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $359.49 $96.43 – $521.31
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $146.96 $146.96 – $21,431.00
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $156.36 $87.42 – $3,250.00

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