Ultrasound guide intraoperative 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

$227.98

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$1,042.00

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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.

$116.21 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $1,007.71 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $116.21 ↓ -49%
Amerihealth Local Value $223.77 ↓ -2%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $223.77 ↓ -2%
United Healthcare Community Plan $258.93 ↑ +14%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $263.93 ↑ +16%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $271.80 ↑ +19%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $271.80 ↑ +19%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $271.80 ↑ +19%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $271.80 ↑ +19%
Aetna Better Health $283.63 ↑ +24%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $593.94 ↑ +161%
Aetna HMO $625.20 ↑ +174%
Aetna PPO $625.20 ↑ +174%
First Health Commercial $625.20 ↑ +174%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $800.25 ↑ +251%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $853.39 ↑ +274%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $981.04 ↑ +330%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $1,007.71 ↑ +342%

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Ultrasound guide intraoperative at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth $195.58 $101.08 – $301.90
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $210.20 $116.21 – $223.77
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $141.61 $116.21 – $224.20
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $206.63 $104.06 – $223.77
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $216.52 $116.21 – $223.77
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick $211.59 $116.21 – $223.77
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway Rahway $91.84 $116.21 – $208.15
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset Somerville $120.32 $107.03 – $960.00

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